Paul Perry

Paul Perry is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books of poetry
including The Drowning of the Saints, The Orchid Keeper, and most recently
The Last Falcon and Small Ordinance (The Dedalus Press, 2010) which Dermot
Bolger described as ‘the work of a singular imagination.’ His work has
appeared in the TLS, The Irish Times, The Best American Poetry 2000 and The
Best Irish Poetry 2007. His translations include 108 Moons: The Selected
Poems of Jurga Ivanauskaite and he is editor of the forthcoming Beyond The
Workshop, KU Press 2011. A winner of The Hennessy New Irish Writer of The
Year Award, he is a Lecturer in Creative Writing for Kingston University,
London, and Writer Fellow for University College Dublin.

www.paulperry.ie

 Edwin Kelly

Edwin Kelly is from County Limerick. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from University College Dublin and is currently enrolled on the Poetry program at UEA. He has worked as a primary school teacher for the last number of years. He is a founding member of The Quantum Sofa poetry sessions in Dublin.