John Liddy was born in Youghal, Co. Cork but grew up in Limerick. He is the founding editor along with Jim Burke of The Stony Thursday Book (1975 -) and has edited bilingual issues with his brother Liam and Miguel Ortega. He is a teacher and librarian and lives in Madrid.

John’s publications are Boundaries (1974), The Angling Cot (1991), Song of the Empty Cage (1997), Wine and Hope (1999), Cast-A-Net (2003) and The Well: New and Selected Poems (2007). Forthcoming are La Barca de la Arena (a translation by Francisco Rivero in Spanish of The Angling Cot) and Poisonous Pleasure (a translation by John Liddy from Tosigo Ardento by José Maria �lvarez).

For me as a poet there are two questions I ask of any poem: Is it worth writing? If I haven’t written it would I like to have written it? For many poems in this current collection the answer is a resounding Yes. - Patrick Galvin

This weeks guest poet is Chuck Kruger and the Limerick launch of 'Sourcing' his new collection of poems

Born 1938, Finger-lakes Area of New York State, USA. Festival director, teacher, journalist, poet, broadcaster, fiction writer. Educated at Hamilton College, Bread Loaf School of English and Washington U, all in America, Kruger worked for 26 years as a teacher, counsellor, administrator and lecturer in places as disparate as Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Switzerland. In 1986, he moved part-time to Clear Island, Co. Cork, and set up official residence in 1992. In 1994 he founded what would become an annual international storytelling festival.  A member of the organization “artists without frontiersâ€? and “The Irish Writers' Union & Poetry Society of America,â€? Kruger currently contributes to such publications as The Irish Examiner, The Marine Times and The Southern Star in Ireland, as well as many American, UK and Swedish magazines. He has broadcast his poetry over the radio, and is involved in countless festivals and judging panels both domestically and internationally. He also edits collections of poetry. He currently resides on his farm on Clear Island, Co Cork.

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The White House Poets gratefully acknowledges the support of the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge and Poetry Ireland.