Ana Rapcea was born in 1977. Her collection, God Turns Over the Hourglass, appeared in 1999.

Anamaría Crowe Serrano translates Spanish and Italian poetry, and teaches Spanish language. Recent publications include ‘one columbus leap’ (Corrupt Press, 2011) and ‘Femispheres’ (Shearsman, 2008).

Andrew Caldicott lives in Wexford. He has contributed to a number of publications including West47 Online, Crannóg, and Revival. He won second prize in the 2007 Francis Ledwidge Poetry Awards.

Andrew Fox is the author of Over Our Heads. He lives in New York.

Alan Cunningham is the author of ‘Count from Zero to One Hundred’ (2013) and ‘Sovereign Invalid’ (2018).

Alan Garvey lives in Carlow. His third collection of poetry from Lapwing Publications, Terror Háza, will be available soon.

Alan Jude Moore is from Dublin. His most recent collection was Zinger (2013) from Salmon Poetry.

Alan McMonagle has written for radio, published two collections of short stories, and contributed to many journals in Ireland and North America. ‘Ithaca’, his first novel, will be published by Picador in March 2017.

Alan Peart is a 28-year-old boy living (for a little while longer) in Dublin. He writes, juggles, plays chess and collaborates on an online poetry magazine with his wife Lindsay (www.dreamvirus.com).

Albert Conneely has had poems in The SHOp, Dreamcatcher, in broad sheet, and in a few one-edition wonders. He studied English at York, England, and lives in Dun Laoghaire.

Alex Bell is a bookseller who has worked in Dublin and Edinburgh. This is his first publication.

Alex Harper’s poetry has appeared in Cordite Poetry Review, The Interpreter’s House, and Liminality, among others. He lives in England and can be found on Twitter as
@harpertext.

Alexis Scott was born in Derry in 1955 and brought up there. She has spent all her adult life in Britain, mostly in Scotland. Her first novel, Eating Wolves , was published by Dewi Lewis in 2003.

Ali Isaacs lives in Cavan. This is her first piece to be published.

Alice Frecknall is a writer and artist based in London. Her work has appeared in the National Poetry Anthology 2012 and Lightship Anthology 2, and was shortlisted for the Lightship International Short Story Prize 2012. She is also a member of Spare the Poets spoken word collective

Aidan Rooney lives in Hingham, Massachusetts, and teaches at Thayer Academy. His poetry collections—Day Release (2000) and Tightrope (2007)—are published by The Gallery Press.

Aifric Mac Aodha’s first poetry collection, ‘Gabháil Syrinx’ (‘The Taking of Syrinx’), was published by An Sagart in 2010, and she has had work in various magazines and journals, including POETRY Young Irish Poets. She is the literary editor of Comhar, eagarthóir of gorse, and the Irish language poetry editor of The Stinging Fly. Her work has been translated to many languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Czech.

Ailbhe Darcy is a Dubliner living in South Bend, Indiana. Her fist collection of poetry, ‘Imaginary Menagerie’, is published by Bloodaxe Books. Three new poems appear in the inaugural issue of The Battersea Review this June.

Ailbhe Keogan is the author of novel Molly & the Cylops and the screenwriter of Run & Jump. Ailbhe lives in the wilds of Kerry with her husband and two kids.

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh was born in Tralee, County Kerry, in 1984. She has worked in France and New York. The Arts Council awarded her a bursary in 2008. She is currently based in Galway. Her first collection, Péacadh, was published by Coiscéim in 2008.

Aileen Armstrong lives in Galway city and is currently studying on the MA in Writing Programme at NUI Galway. She also works as a technical writer.

Áine Ní Mhaonaigh is a graduate of the M.Phil in Creative Writing at Trinity College. Her work has been published in Acorn, Bird.suit, The Dublin Review, New Welsh Review, Wascana Review, Takahe and Oxford Poetry.

Ainín Ní Bhroin is from Westmeath and is living in Dublin. With the assistance of an Arts Council bursary she is working towards a first collection. She has published poems in Cyphers, Poetry Ireland Review and Icarus. She has also published short stories.

Aisling Fahey has performed in various locations across England, America, Ireland and India, including the Barbican, the Houses of Parliament and Glastonbury. She is a member of the Burn After Reading collective and Barbican Young Poets and was the Young Poet Laureate for London 2014-15.

Aislinn Hunter has had poetry published in Canada, Ireland, England and New Zealand. She has recently completed her MFA in Creative Writing.

Adam Wyeth is from Sussex. A teacher of Creative Writing at Cork’s Tig Fili, his poetry has appeared in several magazines and in the anthology for children, Something Beginning with P (O’Brien Press, 2004). He has produced a CD of Desmond O’Grady reading a selection of his poems and last year he made a film about the poet, which was screened at The Cork Film Festival.