Liz Quirke is a poet and lecturer in creative writing. Salmon Poetry published her collections The Road, Slowly in 2018 and How We Arrive in Winter in 2021. Her third collection Halfway Home is nearing completion and is expected to be published in 2026. Quirke has a PhD in Poetry by Creative Practice from the University of Galway and lectures at University College Cork. She is currently working on a non-fiction essay collection on queer family dynamics and poetry. www.lizquirkewriter.com