Ashfeldt, Lane

Lane Ashfeldt was born in London and grew up in Dublin. Her first story collection is Saltwater (Dublin, Liberties Press, 2014). She lives in Wales. Lane Ashfeldt’s website Lane Ashfeldt at Twitter Lane Ashfeldt at Liberties Press Lane Ashfeldt on Arena RTÉ Lane Ashfeldt page at Amazon.co.uk

Æ (George William Russell)

Æ (George William Russell) was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, in 1867, and moved to Dublin when he was eleven. An active Irish nationalist, he edited the Irish Homestead (1904–23), where he published James Joyce’s The Sisters, and the Irish Statesman (1923–30), where he published Patrick Kavanagh’s early poems. He worked with Sir Horace Plunkett […]

Agee, Chris

Chris Agee was born in 1956 in San Francisco and grew up in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. He attended Harvard University and since 1979 has lived in Ireland. His poetry collections are In the New Hampshire Woods (Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1992), First Light (The Dedalus Press, 2003) and Next to Nothing (Cambridge, […]

Alioth, Gabrielle

Gabrielle Alioth was born in 1955 in Basel, Switzerland, and emigrated to Ireland in 1984. Her novels are Der Narr ([The Fool], Zurich, Nagel & Kimche, 1990); Wie ein kostbarer Stein ([Like a Precious Stone)Nagel & Kimche, 1994); Die Arche der Frauen ([Women’s Arch] Nagel & Kimche, 1996); and Die stumme Reiterin ([The Silent Rider]Nagel […]

Allen, Fergus

Fergus Allen was born in Dublin in 1921. His collections are The Brown Parrots of Providencia (London, Faber & Faber, 1993); Who Goes There? (Faber & Faber, 1996); Mrs Power Looks Over the Bay (Faber & Faber, 1999); Gas Light & Coke (Dublin, Dedalus, 2006); and Before Troy (London, CB Editions, 2010). He has lived […]

Arthur, Chris

Chris Arthur was born in Belfast in 1955, and lived for many years in Lisburn, County Antrim. His three books of essays are Irish Nocturnes (Aurora, Colorado, The Davies Group, 1999); Irish Willow (The Davies Group, 2002); and Irish Haiku (The Davies Group, 2005). Excerpts from Irish Nocturnes, Irish Willow and Irish Haiku can be […]

Augustin, Michael

Michael Augustin was born in Lübeck, Germany in 1953. He has published several collections of poetry, including Der Apfel der Versuchung war ungespritzt (Eichborn 1983); Koslowsky (Nautilus/Nemo Press, 1987), translated as A Certain Koslowski, by Margitt Lehbert, and which was published in the UK by Littlewood Arc in 1992, with illustrations by Harmut Eïng; Ach […]

Azadeh, Carol

Carol Azadeh was born in Belfast in 1964. Her stories are collected as The Marriage at Antibes (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1999/New York, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000). She lives in the south of France. Carol Azadeh at The Lilliput Press Carol Azadeh at The National Library of Ireland Carol Azadeh’s books at Amazon.co.uk Carol […]

Contacting writers

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