We are thrilled to announce our inaugural cohort of critics under the DIP mentorship scheme! These five critics will be working with our mentors to bring new voices to Irish poetry reviewing and beyond. 
     

    Sophie L Clarke is a wordsmith. She is an author in training with keen literary and academic interests. Her love of words and written language finds a home in prose, poetry and talking. She has performed her work at Maynooth University Soiree 2021 and many other events, and is working towards her first collection.
     
    Lind Grant-Oyeye is a multi-award-winning poet of African descent. She has work published in multiple literary magazines, anthologies, and curated writing projects. The Ken Saro-Wiwa poetry award winner, her interests include poetry as a voice on social issues. 
     
    Tapasya Narang has lived in Dublin and Delhi. She is currently finishing her PhD in Irish and Indian contemporary poetry at the School of English, Dublin City University. She is committed to studying overlooked literary histories from across the world and has an abiding interest in small press productions such as little magazines and chapbooks.
     
    Tanvi Roberts writes poems and prose, and studied Classics at Cambridge, where she received the John Kinsella & Tracy Ryan Poetry Prize. Her work has been recently published in Poetry Ireland Review and The Cambridge Review of Books, and was shortlisted for the Aurora Prize for New Writing.
     
    Landa wo’s poetry has appeared in a variety of publications and several anthologies. With roots in Angola and Cabinda, Landa wo is an Afro-French poet member of Société des Poètes Français. Politically engaged his work deals with prominent issues of social justice, discrimination and cultural strife.