Catriona Shine grew up in Co. Limerick and now lives in Oslo. Her debut novel, HABITAT, published by the Lilliput Press in 2024, was a Sunday Times, Irish Times and The Journal Most Anticipated Book of 2024 and longlisted for the McKitterick Prize. HABITAT has been described as:
'...striking, elliptical debut that deconstructs towers of dwelling and hubris. [...] an Irish writer whose work is refreshingly removed from the "literary debut" tropes in her homeland.' (Hilary White, The Irish Independent)

Kelly Creighton is an award-winning writer who has published six novels and a short story collection. Unbecoming is her second poetry pamphlet. She received her MA in Poetry Studies from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast last year. 

Milena Williamson has a PhD in poetry from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast. A recipient of the Eric Gregory Award, she is the author of the pamphlet Charm for Catching a Train (Green Bottle Press) and the book Into the Night that Flies So Fast (Dedalus Press). 

photo credit: Emma Gornall

Emma McKervey studied at Dartington college of Arts. Her award-winning work is widely published across both islands, and she has worked for over two decades as an arts facilitator. her debut collection was published by Doire Press. Highland Boundary Fault is her second collection. She has just completed a Master in Poetry at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens University Belfast. 

Linda McKenna is originally from Dublin, but has lived in Downpatrick in County Down for many years. She won the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing in 2018 and the title poem of her first collection, In the Museum of Misremembered Things (Doire Press, 2020), won the An Post/ Irish Book Awards Poem of the Year in 2020. She has worked in heritage and museums for nearly 30 years. Four Thousand Keys is her second collection. 

photo credit: Peadar Curran