Aoife’s short fiction and poetry has been published in The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly, Banshee, ‘Noir by Noir-West’ (Arlen House), Ropes, The Cúirt Annual, Whispers and Shouts, West47, Criterion, The Cork Literary Review, Divas anthology (Arlen House), The Sunday Tribune, Cyphers and others. She was the winner of The Doolin Short Story Prize 2017 (judged by Tramp Press) and has been long listed for the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Award and the Fish Short Story Prize. She has been awarded literature bursaries from the Irish Arts Council and Galway County Council. She is completing a PhD at Goldsmith’s University, London.
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