Afric McGlinchey

Afric McGlinchey is an Irish-born poet with African connections. Her collections The lucky star of hidden things and Ghost of the Fisher Cat (both with Salmon Poetry) were translated into Italian and published by Casa Editrice L’Arcolaio. SurVision brought out two pamphlets, Invisible Insane (2019), and The Throat-Bird (2023). Among other honours, she has been the recipient of a Hennessy poetry award and two Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland. Tied to the Wind, a prose poetry memoir of her childhood, published by Broken Sleep Books in 2021, has been translated into Macedonian. Her latest book À la Belle Étoile was published by Salmon Poetry in April 2025. Afric lives with her partner and dog beside the coast in rural West Cork.