Eoin Devereux
| Address: | Limerick |
Eoin Devereux is a Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Limerick. He leads the Creative Writers in The Community modules on UL’s MA in Creative Writing course. His academic work includes co-edited books on David Bowie, Morrissey, Joy Division and The Fall. Eoin is one half of the Post Punk duo Dopamine Fix. Eoin’s short fiction and poetry have been published by The Irish Times and broadcast by RTE Radio 1. ‘The Bodhi Tree’ was shortlisted for a Hennessy New Irish Writing Award for poetry in 2018. ‘The Bullfield’ features in the Poetry Ireland Anthology Vital Signs (2022) edited by Martin Dyar. ‘Revolutions’ was included in the Poetry Jukebox as part of the Centenary of Commemorations project led by Poetry Ireland. New Irish Writing published Eoin’s poem ‘Pravda’ in April 2024. It was subsequently shortlisted for the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards New Irish Writing, Best Poem Category. Eoin has performed his work on Podcasts such as Eat the Storms and Poetry Ireland’s Words Lightly Spoken. He has been published in numerous journals including The Stony Thursday Book, Southwards, Janus Literary Magazine and The Poetry Bus. In 2022, Eoin curated April Is The Cruellest Month, a broadsheet featuring work by Kerrie O’Brien, Emily Cullen, John Liddy, Denise Chaila and novelist Donal Ryan. Gardening Leave is his first collection of poetry. Published by 451 Editions on 3rd November 2025. Source: Commons