Alice Kinsella is a writer from Mayo. She is the author of poetry pamplet Sexy Fruit (Broken Sleep, 2018), and her prose debut Milk (Picador, 2023) received critical acclaim. She edited Empty House: poetry and prose on the climate crisis (Doire Press, 2021). Her poetry has been translated into Polish, Arabic, and Greek. Her poetry films have been screened in Australia, Greece, USA, and Iraq. She has spoken at dozens of literary festivals including Listowel Writers Week, International Literary Festival Dublin, Cuirt, Nottingham Poetry Festival, and Dublin Book Festival. Through the Irish Writers Centre's Evolution Programme, she taught on the BA in Creative Writing at University of Galway. She is an Arts Council Next Generation Artist. Her debut full-length poetry collection, The Ethics of Cats, will be published in 2024.
Photo credit: Magda Horodecka