Jennifer Horgan is a Cork poet.  Her debut collection, Care, was published in 2025 with Doire Press. More recent work appears in Cyphers, Poetry Ireland Review and The Stony Thursday Book. In 2025, she was shortlisted in RTE’s Prompt series and her poem Crossing over Barrack Street won Best Irish Poetry Film at O Bhéal’s 14th film festival. Jennifer is a teacher and weekly columnist with the Irish Examiner. 

Eamon O’Leary took his time, with I’m a Big Boy Now, his humorous, bestselling collection of childhood memories being published at the ripe old age of 72. He is a regular on RTÉ Radio when he reads his short pieces on the Word in Edgeways slot. Eamon lives in Carrigaline with his wife, Ruth.

Molly Twomey grew up in Lismore, County Waterford, and now lives in Cork. She has published two poetry collections with the Gallery Press: Raised Among Vultures (2022) and Chic to be Sad (2025). Raised Among Vultures won the Southword Debut Collection Poetry Award; Chic to be Sad was shortlisted for the Farmgate National Poetry Award and was a book of the year in the Irish Examiner. Molly holds an MA in Creative Writing and is a PhD Excellence Scholar at University College Cork.