Billy Ramsell was born in Cork in 1977 and educated at the North Monastery and UCC. Complicated Pleasures, his first collection,
was published by the Dedalus Press, Dublin, in 2007. He has been shortlisted for a Hennessy award and a Strong award and has been invited to read his work at many festivals around the world, most recently in Shanghai and in San Francisco. He lives in Cork, where he co-runs an educational publishing company.---------
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