Ivy Ireland
Ivy Ireland is the author of the poetry collections The Owl Inside (2020), Porch Light (2015), and Incidental Complications (2007). Ivy has worked as a bookstore owner, magician’s assistant, harpist, cabaret performer and tutor in Creative Writing. Ivy’s literary awards include the Australian Young Poet Fellowship, the Olga Masters Short Story Award, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize, the Thunderbolt Prize, the Newcastle Poetry Prize local award, and she was the runner-up in the UC International Poetry Prize. Ivy completed her Ph.D. at the University of Newcastle and her poetry, short fiction, essays and reviews have been widely published in journals and anthologies.