Justin Quinn was born in Dublin in 1968. He teaches Anglophone literature at the University of West Bohemia in Prague and has published a novel, Mount Merrion, and four books of criticism. He also translates Czech poetry and a selection of the work of Bohuslav Reynek will be published in 2016.
Previous collections of poetry from The Gallery Press include Fuselage (2002), Waves and Trees (2006) and Close Quarters (2011). He is married to Tereza Límanová and they have two sons, Finbar and Manus. He lives in Prague.

'Whether in short lyri or in the longer pieces Quinn's lyricism, subtlety of thought and precision of expression are a constant pleasure.'
- James Harpur, Southword
'So here's the world again . . .' begins the title poem of Justin Quinn's sixth collection, a world that is 'suddenly large / and intricate', and that encompasses 'the usual bloody mess / of Central Europe' where the author lives.
By adjusting classic patterns to new landscapes and new times, this 'realist with a strong social conscience and sense of history' (Rory Waterman, TLS) teases answers to questions of nostalgia for his native Dublin and of the future in store for his children abroad.
With verbal wit and formal, fluent ingenuity these poems embrace the erotic as their author identifies with birds he describes that 'sing that they're alive'.