Description
Jim Burke, was born in Limerick, Ireland, where he continues to live
today. In 1975 he and John Liddy co-founded The Stony Thursday Book,
one of Ireland’s longest-running poetry journals. After an invitation from
John and Liam Liddy in 2005 to become involved in a 30th Anniversary
edition of The Stony Thursday Book, Jim rekindled his earlier interest in
poetry and signed up for a distance-learning course at the University of
Lancaster, where he studied with Elizabeth Burns and Jane Eagland.
John Liddy, born Youghal, County Cork, grew up in Limerick, took a
degree with The University of Wales, lives in Madrid where he worked as a
Teacher/Librarian. Between Boundaries (Nora McNamara, printed by The
Limerick Leader (1974) and Arias of Consolation (Revival Press,2021/22)
he has published twelve Poetry books, a collection of stories for children
Cuentos Cortos en Ingles: Los Sonidos de los Vocales (Bruno, 2011), edited
with Dominic Taylor 1916-2016 An Anthology of Reactions and Let Us Rise
1919-2019 An Anthology Commemorating The Limerick Soviet 1919
