James Conor Patterson

James Conor Patterson is originally from Newry in the north of Ireland. In 2019 he received an Eric Gregory Award, and in 2020 he was shortlisted for the White Review Poets’ Prize. He is editor of the anthology ‘The New Frontier: Reflections from the Irish Border’ published in 2021 by New Island Books, and is the author of  ‘bandit country’ published by Picador in September 2022. He currently lives in London.