(Poet) Stephen Byrne

Stephen Byrne was born in north Dublin and now lives in Chicago. "Somewhere but not Here" won the RL Poetry Award 2016 (international category) and was a Finalist in the Poetry category of the "2018 International Book Awards" His poetry, food writings, and articles have appeared in many journals and magazines worldwide in print or online including The Indian Review, The Poetry Bus, Galway Review, The Blue Hour, Boyne Berries, and many more. Stephen has participated in workshops with Kevin Higgins, Karen Solie, Simon Armitage, Stephen Murray, Jane Hirshfield, Marvin Bell and Robert Hass and has studied ‘How Writers Write Poetry’ with The University of Iowa’s International Writing Program 2014 as well as 2015 and also ‘Modern & Contemporary American Poetry’ by University of Pennsylvania. He has read at many venues throughout Ireland including Ó Bhéal, The Long Valley Bar, Cork, Over the Edge in Galway, The Playhouse Derry, Northwest Words in Donegal and The Redline Book Festival Dublin as well as for Rhino in Evanston Chicago Illinois. You can meet the poet & chef at http://stephenbyrne.org/