John Liddy
1954 -
John Liddy was born in Cork, Ireland in 1954. He grew up in Limerick and Graduated fom the University of Wales. He currently works as a teacher/librarian in Madrid, Spain. A regular reader at the White House Poetry Revival sessions, he is the founding editor, along with Jim Burke, of The Stony Thursday Book, one of Ireland's longest running literary reviews.
John Liddy's poetry publications to date include: Boundaries (1974), The Angling Cot (1991), Song of the Empty Cage (1997), Wine and Hope (1999), Cast-A-Net (2003), The Well: New and Selected Poems (2007), and Gleanings (2010). Forthcoming is a Spanish translation, by Francisco Rivera, of The Angling Cot (La Barca de la Arena) and also Ivory Down, a translation of 'Tosigo Ardento' by José Maria Álvarez. A collection of stories for children, The Very Very Very Clever Little Fox, is also pending.