Jessica Traynor

Jessica Traynor is a poet, essayist and librettist. Her debut poetry collection, Liffey Swim (Dedalus Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the Strong/Shine Award. The Quick (Dedalus Press, 2018) was an Irish Times poetry book of the year. Pit Lullabies (Bloodaxe, 2022) is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Awards include the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary, the Listowel Poetry Prize, and Hennessy New Writer of the Year. Residencies include Carlow College, the Yeats Society Sligo, the Seamus Heaney Home Place, and dlr LexIcon. She is a Creative Fellow of University College Dublin, and is poetry editor at Banshee.