Khanyisile Mbukwane is an Irish-based writer, presenter, and actress. Originating from South Africa, they have performed at Black Queer Bookclub & R.A.P Party at the Abbey Theatre, Body & Soul. They have been published in Tongues, Breaking Ground Ireland, District Magazine,& IambeyoutfiulUk, just to name a few. Dividing his time between Mexico and Ireland, Dylan Brennan writes poetry and prose. He is a recipient of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary award. In 2022 he won the inaugural Drumshanbo Written Word Weekend Poetry Film Award for ‘Four Attempts at Making a Human’, a poetry film in collaboration with Jonathan Brennan. He has read at literary festivals in Colombia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Italy, Ireland and USA and has twice been recipient of a Culture Ireland Travel Grant. Most recently he was awarded an Arts Council literature bursary. His second collection Let the Dead (2023), is available now from Banshee Press.
