Vona Groarke in Conversation
With Susannah Dickey
We are thrilled to welcome Ireland
Professor of Poetry Vona Groarke to
HomePlace to celebrate her prestigious
appointment, a role which will run from
September 2025 to November 2028.
Vona Groarke has been described in Poetry
Ireland Review as ‘one of the best writers
in Ireland today’. Groarke’s ninth poetry
collection and fifteenth book, Infinity
Pool (May 2025) is both ingenious and
exhilarating.
Ireland Review as ‘one of the best writers
in Ireland today’. Groarke’s ninth poetry
collection and fifteenth book, Infinity
Pool (May 2025) is both ingenious and
exhilarating.
Recipient of the Piggott Prize and the Irish
Literary Hall of Fame Award, a member of
Aosdána, the Irish Academy of the Arts,
and the Royal Literary Society, her work has
appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry (Chicago),
New York Review of Books, The TLS and Poetry
Review. She is also the winner of the 2024
Michel Déon Award.
Literary Hall of Fame Award, a member of
Aosdána, the Irish Academy of the Arts,
and the Royal Literary Society, her work has
appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry (Chicago),
New York Review of Books, The TLS and Poetry
Review. She is also the winner of the 2024
Michel Déon Award.
Writer, critic, editor and essayist, she has
taught at the University of Manchester since
2007 and is currently Writer in Residence at
St John’s College, Cambridge University.
taught at the University of Manchester since
2007 and is currently Writer in Residence at
St John’s College, Cambridge University.
