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Mia Funk is an artist, writer, interviewer, and creative educator. As the founder of The Creative Process podcast, traveling exhibition, and international educational initiative, Funk has conducted over 1,000 in-depth interviews and painted the portraits of numerous artists, writers, and creative … Continue reading →

Stephen James Smith is an Irish poet, whose work has been seen by millions of people, leading him to perform with people like Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Patti Smith and Bono (U2). Stephen has performed at Glastonbury, the Nuyorican Poetry … Continue reading →

photo by Sabine Dundure Jo Morrigan Black is a Paris-born poet and visual artist of Irish, French and American nationalities. They bridge seas through poetry and cultural anthropology, investigating migration paths and experiences of liminality. Jo has worked with indigenous … Continue reading →

Kieran Beville is author of Write Now – A Guide to Becoming a Writer (Limerick Writers Centre, 2019). He has had a substantial number of poems and articles published in various newspapers, journals and magazines and four collections of poetry … Continue reading →

Alex Vellis is a Greek-British poet, producer and playwright from Canterbury, Kent. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Kent and has published five books through Whisky & Beards Publishing. Vellis’ work challenges the ideas of hope and home, … Continue reading →

Jennifer K Dick is the author of That Which I Touch Has No Name (Black Spring Press Group, London, 2022), Lilith: A Novel in Fragments (Corrupt, 2019), Circuits (Corrupt, 2013) and Fluorescence  (University of GA Press, 2004) as well as 6 chap/artbooks. She has worked as a … Continue reading →

Nicholas Calderbank is a British actor and director based in Paris. He has worked extensively in cinema, television and theatre. (And–in our words and not his– is a consummate professional). Founder of the On Stage and Open Space theatre companies … Continue reading →

Last week at the Hirondelle was great – great crowd, great poetry. But unfortunately the Hirondelle has been hit with a large police fine for noise in front of the bar and have decided to stop doing events like ours. … Continue reading →

Walt Whitman said to have great poets, you must have great audiences. And with the temporary closure of the Chat Noir’s basement ours has been dropping. And no wonder! Not everyone wants to battle to be heard in a noisy … Continue reading →

Siobhán “Shiv” Hickey is a Dublin-based actor, poet and Artistic Director of After Midnight Theatre.With over 20 years experience in performance, Shiv has been involved in all aspects of the stage from writing to directing to producing to marketing. In 2018,  Shiv developed … Continue reading →