Jane clarke author biography page

Irish poet Jane Clarke is the author of three poetry collections and two poetry booklets. Her three collections were published by Bloodaxe Books, The River in 2015, When the Tree Falls in 2019 and A Change in the Air in 2023.

Jane's third full-length collection A Change in the Air was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Poetry Prize 2023, the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2023, the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award 2024 and longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2023 for nature & ecopoetry. 

In 2016 The River was the first poetry collection ever shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Award, given for a distinguished work of fiction or non-fiction evoking the spirit of a place. When the Tree Falls was shortlisted for the Pigott Poetry Prize 2020, the Irish Times Poetry Now Award 2020 and the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award 2020 as well as being lon