Niall O’Gallagher is the author of three collections of poetry and of Fuaimean Gràidh / The Sounds of Love: Selected Poems (London: Francis Boutle, 2023). His verse novella, Litrichean Plàighe (‘Plague Letters’) will be published by CLÀR in 2026. Niall is currently translating poems by Josep Carner (1884-1970) from Catalan into English, and by Florbela Espanca (1894-1930) from Portuguese into Gaelic. He lives on the west coast of Scotland with his wife and their two children. Taylor Strickland is a writer and translator from the US. His latest books are Dares Paradise (Princeton University Press, 2026) and Dwell Time (Tapsalteerie, 2025). He won the 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year and his work has been Poetry Book Society Recommended. He has published in Poetry London, the TLS, and New Statesman, and his poem v was adapted to film and selected for Raleigh.

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