Jess Mc Kinney is a writer from Inishowen, Donegal. Her work has appeared in The Winter Papers, Poetry Ireland Review, Stinging Fly, The Moth, Bath Magg, Banshee, Mirror Lamp Press and Abridged, along with anthologies by Poetry Ireland and New Island Press. Her debut pamphlet ‘Weeding’ was published with Hzel Press in 2021. She is currently working towards her collection and first novel, with support from the Arts Council.

This work has been commissioned by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.