Jane Clarke

Jane Clarke’s first collection, The River (Bloodaxe Books, 2015), was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize. Her second collection, When the Tree Falls (Bloodaxe Books, 2019), was shortlisted for the 2020 Pigott Poetry Prize, the Irish Times Poetry Now Award and the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award 2020, and was longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize 2020. Her third collection, A Change in the Air (Bloodaxe Books, 2023) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and longlisted for The Laurel Prize. Jane received the Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award 2022, enabling her to undertake a collaborative writing project with James Rebanks on his fell farm in the Lake District, Cumbria. Jane holds a BA in English and Philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin and an MPhil in Writing from the University of South Wales. She lives with her wife in Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow, where she combines writing with her work as a creative writing tutor and group facilitator. Photo © Elementum