Pat Boran

Pat Boran was born in Portlaoise and lives in Dublin where he is a frequent radio broadcaster and the editor of Dedalus Press, specialising in contemporary Irish poetry as well as poetry from around the world in English translation. He has written poetry and short fiction for adults and children and among his dozen publications are New and Selected Poems (2005, 2007), the popular writers' handbook The Portable Creative Writing Workshop (2005) and the critically acclaimed memoir, The Invisible Prison: Scenes from an Irish Childhood (2009).