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Jennifer Liston – writer, poet, singer-songwriter and keyboard player – lived in Australia for many years but is now living in Ireland. Jennifer is an electronic engineer (University of Limerick, Ireland) and holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide, Australia. Her fourth poetry collection, Grace Notes – Giving Voice to Grainne Mhaol, Ireland’s Pirate Queen was the partial outcome of her PhD and was published by Salmon Poetry,

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‘Season of Brigid’ is a poem from Anne Casey’s new collection, The Light we Cannot See, and was also a cornerstone piece in the series of Irish cultural shows Anne performed in last year with the Prankqueans arts collective, which were funded by the Consulate General of Ireland.  Irish actor/performance artist, Davog Rynne recorded a reading of ‘Season of Brigid’ which will appear on his forthcoming album.

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Imbolg the time of the year associated with Brigid marks the end of winter in Ireland occurring as it does, midway between the winter Solstice and Spring equinox. As an Irish Australian feminist artistic Collective, the Prankqueans enjoy marking significant events in the Celtic calendar such as Imbolg that are strongly associated with the feminine.

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