Afric McGlinchey’s The Lucky Star of Hidden Things and Ghost of the Fisher Cat (Salmon Poetry) were both translated into Italian. Tied to the Wind (Broken Sleep Books, 2021), a hybrid memoir, was translated into Macedonian and broadcast over five nights on RTE’s The Book on One. A multi-award-winning poet, Afric is also generously supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. She is a mentor on the National Mentoring Programme and facilitates workshops in person and online via The Irish Writers Centre and via her website. Her most recent collection, À la belle étoile – the odyssey of Jeanne Baré (Salmon Poetry), has been nominated for the Forward and Piggott Prizes.

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