Éadaoín Lynch is an Irish poet & researcher living and working in Edinburgh.

Their debut pamphlet, Fierce Scrow, launched with Nine Pens Press in 2022.

From December 2024-May 2025, they were a writer-in-residence with Typewronger Books, from which they produced the risograph zine Remember how you are liberated, poems written in response to materials from the Lavender Menace Archive.

In 2024, their poem ‘Brogue’ was Commended by Raymond Antrobus in the Magma Poetry Competition.

Keep an eye on their upcoming events and listings here.

Previously lead & co-editor for the Re·creation project, and Trustee of the StAnza Poetry Festival, they are currently the Research & Evaluation Manager for Scottish Book Trust.

As facilitator, they have designed and delivered creative workshops for LGBT Youth Scotland, conFAB and the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive, catering to people of all ages and experiences.

As mentor, they have consulted on the ACE-funded Eff-able Anthology (2025), co-edited by JP Seabright and George Parker.

Éadaoín has also been a chair for many literary events and judge for many poetry competitions, including the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards in Poetry, the StAnza Poetry Slam, and, in 2024, the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Their own poetry has been shortlisted for the Jane Martin Poetry Prize and the London Magazine Poetry Prize.

Check out their profile on the Scottish Book Trust Author Directory here.