Böcker i Salmon poetry-serien

Originally from Belfast, Fred Johnston currently lives in Galway. In addition to his poetry collections, he has published one novel and works regularly as a reviewer for publications such as the Southern Humanities Review, The Irish Times, and Harpers & Queen, and he is the poetry reviewer for Books Ireland. Some of the poems in True North originally appeared in Orbis, New Letters, The Southern Review, and The Seneca Review.

Rory Brennan grew up in Dublin and took a degree in literature from Trinity College. He has worked in education, broadcasting and arts administration and has lived for extended periods in Morocco and Greece. Travel in these and many other places is r

"As the clouds re-form, / I play with their mirror-image/ of memory, ripple their grey/ on grey with the slightest touch/ of my hand". Sabine Wichert was born in West Prussia and grew up and was educated in West Germany. She teaches at Queen's University, Belfast, and was a long-time member of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Her first collection, Tin Drum Country, was also published by Salmon. Her poetry links her adopted town of Belfast with her European experience. It spans a lifetime of family, friends, and upbringing. Many of the poems in this, her second collection, explore American settings and themes, including Shenandoah Park, Chincoteague, Washington D.C., and Colonial Williamsburg.