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Prebooked Poetry Introductions Readers
friday 16th May, 2.30pm, Cork City Library | Free
The Prebooked Poetry Introductions as part of the 2025 Cork International Poetry Festival involves six individuals who have yet to publish a short chapbook or full-length collection of poems. Each poet, chosen through open submission, will read in a ten-minute reading slot.
Colm Brennan is poet and writer from Bray, Co. Wicklow. His publication credits include Poetry Ireland Review, The Cormorant, The Waxed Lemon, Sonder, Profiles and The Ogham Stone. He has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Limerick and is recipient of an Arts Council Literature Bursary.
Daragh Hoey is an Irish poet who has recently returned home after half a lifetime in Seattle and other American places. Daragh’s poetry has appeared in Solstice Magazine, Bluestem Magazine, Skylight 47, and others. He studied at DCU and the University of Houston and will be starting the UCC Creative Writing MA program in autumn 2025.
Clíona Malin is a poet from Dublin. Her poems have recently been published in Catflap, Aimsir, and Poetry with Pride by Belfast Pride. Clíona was selected for the Irish Writers Centre Foundation Programme and the Stinging Fly Summer School in 2024. She has performed poetry sets for Dublin Book Festival and the Irish Cultural Centre in London.
Olha Matso is a Ukrainian poet in Ireland. Awarded the Scholarship of the President of Ukraine for young writers 2021, highly commended poet of Cobh readers and writers International Poetry Competition 2023, part of the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series 2023. Publications: Orbis (England), Poetry Ireland Anthology, Abridged (Ireland). Participant of International art festivals (Ukraine, Austria, Czech republic, Ireland: Dublin Book Festival, Cork Winter Warmer Festival).
Jessica Anne Rose was awarded the Miriam Cotter Award, a full scholarship for an exciting and emerging writer accepted into University College Cork’s MA in Creative Writing. She is a contributing journalist for Hot Press Magazine. Jessica’s published poetry is included in Green Carnations Anthology, Drawn to The Light Press, A New Ulster, The Hog River Press, Cork Pride Magazine 2024, and Hide and Seek Anthology.
Winner of the Good Day Cork Poetry prize, Kemi George Simpson walks and follows the curve of tree branches to stop her mind from getting stuck. She is the 2024 Munster Poetry Slam Champion and is published in The Four Faced Liar, Swerve and the Poetry in the Park Collection.