James O’Sullivan has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including The SHOp, Southword, Cyphers, Crannóg, and Revival. James includes third-place in the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Prize 2016 and commendations in both the Munster Literature Centre’s Fool for Poetry 2014 International Chapbook Competition and the Charles Macklin Poetry Prize 2013 among his honours. James, who holds a Ph.D. from University College Cork, is the Founding Editor of New Binary Press. Further information on his work can be found at http://josullivan.org.
Laura Mulcahy is a recent UCC graduate, with a BA in English, and has taken seminars in creative writing for the past two years. She currently lives in Cork.
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Dominic Taylor is from Limerick and a board member of The Limerick Writers’ Centre. He is also Managing Editor for all LWC publications. He has had work published in various poetry journals including the Stony Thursday Book. He runs the ‘On the Nail’ literary gathering and The Acoustic Club in Limerick. He can be contacted through the Limerick Writers’ Centre website www.limerickwriterscentre.com
Michael McGrath is an Irish fiction writer who has been published both nationally and internationally in journals such as Roadside Fiction, Writing Raw, The Ogham Stone and Literature Today. His first novel The Clock Tower is due for release in summer 2017. He is the founder and editor of Silver Streams Journal – a publication of Modernist and Post-Modernist literature, art and academic papers. He works as a second level English teacher and lives in Limerick City, Ireland.
Laura Mulcahy is a recent UCC graduate, with a BA in English, and has taken seminars in creative writing for the past two years. She currently lives in Cork.
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Jude O Mahony, born in Limerick, currently living in Dublin, working and writing within homelessness.
Mark Connors in a poet and novelist from Leeds, UK. He has been widely published in the UK and overseas in Literary magazines and on line journals. His debut pamphlet, Life is a Long Song (OWF Press) was published in 2015. His debut novel, Stickleback (Armley Press) was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize. His first full length poetry collection, Nothing is Meant to be Broken (Stairwell Books) was published in 2017. For more information, visit his website: www.markconnors.co.uk.
Christina Bresser is Brazilian, fluent in English and Spanish. She has two short sotires published (printed) in English at two scottish literary magazines (University of Edinburgh Journal and Northern Lights) a poem published at a bangladeshian literary review (Bhashabandhan Literay Review) and now, a poem published by Silver Streams Journal. Website: www.cristinabresser.com.br
Maria Beatrice Venanzi lives in Umbria, Italy, and is both a graduate in Modern Languages and Literature at University of Perugia and a professional violinist and violist.
She is a passionate reader and lover of music and literature and has been a high school English teacher for two years. She lives with four mischievous cats, enjoys classical music, and is a fan of Earl Grey Tea at 5 p.m.
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Blake Corrigan. is from Dublin Ireland and is currently in college. He gains inspiration from Charles Bukowski, Charles Baudelaire and Allen Ginsberg.