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Issue 10 Author bios

Adam Trodd

Adam Trod

Adam Trodd’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications such as The Irish Times, The Incubator Journal, Crannóg, Banshee, The Molotov Cocktail, Ellipsis, The Launchpad and The Caterpillar as well as the Bath Flash Fiction, National Flash Fiction Day and KYSO Flash anthologies. He won the inaugural Benedict Kiely Short Story Competition and the Book of Kells Creative Writing Competition as well as being one of the selected poets for Ireland’s first Poetry Jukebox installation in Belfast. He was a Best Small Fictions 2018 nominee. He likes flash fiction full of inventive language that pushes the boundaries. blankpageworrier.blogspot.ie Twitter: @A_Trodd

Sadhbh Devlin

Sadhbh Devlin

Sadhbh Devlin writes short-form fiction for both children and adults. Her picturebook, Beag Bídeach, (Futa Fata, 2018) was shortlisted for four awards; Children’s Books Ireland: Book of the Year 2019, Gradam Réics Carló, LAI: Book of the Year and the iBbY Ireland: Hans Christian Andersen Honour List 2020. Her most recent picturebook, Geansaí Ottó (Futa Fata, 2020), won the LAI: Book of the Year Award in 2021. Sadhbh also writes flash fiction in Irish and has had several pieces published by Splonk. She is the DCU Irish Language Writer in Residence for 2022. www.sadhbhdevlin.ie

Scríobhann Sadhbh Devlin gearr-fhicsin do pháistí agus do dhaoine fásta. Bhí a pictiúirleabhar, Beag Bídeach (Futa Fata, 2018) ainmnithe ar ghearr-liosta cheithre ghradaim; Children’s Books Ireland: Book of the Year 2019, Gradam Réics Carló, LAI: Book of the Year and the iBbY Ireland: Hans Christian Andersen Honour List 2020. Bhain a pictiúirleabhar is déanaí, Geansaí Ottó (Futa Fata, 2020) an ghradam LAI: Book of the Year i 2021. Scríobhann Sadhbh splanc-fhicsean as Gaeilge agus tá roinnt píosaí dá cuid foilsithe ag Splonk. Is í an Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Gaeilge in DCU le haghaidh 2022. www.sadhbhdevlin.ie