Máighréad Medbh (born 1959) is an Irish writer and poet. Life and work Born in 1959 in Newcastle West, Co Limerick, Medbh now lives in Dublin. She is known as a performative poet and much of her focus has been on live performance since the 1990s, when she was a pioneer in the Irish performance renascence. She has published eight poetry collections and a mixed genre work, as well as three e-novels. She has won awards, including the Single Poem Prize Listowel Writers’ Week 2016, for 'Easter 2016,' and her verse fantasy, Parvit of Agelast, was shortlisted for the Pigott Poetry Prize in 2017. She has been awarded a bursary from the Irish Arts Council, and has had several school residencies. Bibliography Imbolg. (Dublin: Arlen House, 2020) Parvit of Agelast: A Verse Fantasy. (Dublin: Arlen House, 2016) Pagan to the Core (Dublin, Arlen House, 2014) Savage Solitude: Reflections of a Reluctant Loner (Dublin: Dedalus Press, 2013) Twelve Beds for the Dreamer (Dublin, Arlen House, 2010) When the Air Inhales You (Galway, Arlen House, 2009) Split in ¡Divas!. (Galway: Arlen House, 2003) CD: Out of My Skin Dublin: Odin Poetries, 2002 Tenant (The Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Poetry, 1999) The Making of a Pagan (Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1990) E-Books The 13th Cone (2014) The Coal-black Sea (2013) The Body Coat (2013) Máighréad Medbh: Smashwords Page Film Collaborations With artist Bernie Masterson-- Flight. Winner of the Janet Mullarney Prize 2020 Bold Writing. Selected for screening by MExIndex 2020 Flight screenings: Lacuna Festivals 2021 International, Contemporary Art Festival: Distance (02-07-2021); MESA Magazine online launch (27-03-2021); The Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition (18-10-2020); Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles, CIACLA (24-09-2020). Flight was winner of the Inaugural Janet Mullarney Prize, curated by Joy Gerrard, Séan Kissane, and Jerome O Drisceoil for the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda (06-07-2020), and has been acquired by The Highlanes for its permanent collection. Bold Writing screenings: Mexindex 2020, curated by Richard Ashrowan (18-12-2020); as part of Homeland: ‘On Changing Your Mind’, at: Instituto Cervantes, Dublin (24-11-2019), the LOOP Festival, Barcelona (22-11-2019), and Damer House Gallery, Roscrea (10-08-2019); Glitch Festival, Digital Traces, (17-05-2017); Discover Hidden Gems, MFA Group Show, The Annex, 101 -103 James St, Dublin (06-07-2016). For Children The Rescue, a four-part serialised story for children, set to music by Fergal Carroll, was broadcast on Ireland’s Lyric FM radio station in December 2007 and December 2008. Translations English versions of