Erin Fornoff

Erin Fornoff has performed her poetry at hundreds of events including three times at Glastonbury Festival, RTE Culture Night at Dublin Castle, national Irish tours, and shared stages with James Taylor, and Hozier. Erin has published a poetry collection Hymn to the Reckless (Dedalus Press) shortlisted for the Shine/Strong Award, as well as a chapbook Folk Heroes (Stewed Rhubarb Press). She has featured on BBC3 and her poems have been included in Best New English and Irish Poets 2016. Her essays have been featured in The Irish Times Magazine, The Journal, The Irish Times, Architecture Ireland and Winter Papers. Her film poem ‘Home’ won the Beats and Rhymes category in the Berlin Underground Film Festival. She wrote and performed We Are An Archipelago in Dublin Fringe Fest 2022, and it was published by Salmon Poetry in 2025. She has served as the inaugural Writer in Residence for Ireland’s Inland Waterways and Artivist in Residence at Imagine! Festival Belfast.