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About Me

Hi! I'm a writer, singer-songwriter, and dinosaur palaeontologist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I live in Edmonton, Canada, on Treaty 6 territory. You can read some of my work in The Irish Times, Glass Buffalo, Tesseracts 21, and The North, among other venues. My debut poetry collection, Separation Anxiety, was published by University of Alberta Press in 2022, was shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, and won UNESCO’s Bridges of Struga International Poetry Prize in 2023. My plays plays Seanchaí and The Vote are being performed at the Stagestruck and Springboards festivals this year, and I’m currently working on my second poetry. Feel free to reach out for gigs, readings, collaborations or just to say hi!

Separation Anxiety is a brilliant, potent, poignant and significant debut by a poet destined to make his mark.
— Anne Casey, award-winning writer and poet

Separation Anxiety, Out Now

My debut poetry book explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind. It was the first Irish and North American book to win UNESCO’s Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award, and has been shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry.

Gavin Bradley writes with great heart, vulnerability, and an engaging lilt and lyricism, taking the reader on an unforgettable journey historically, geographically, and emotionally.
— Joanna Lilley, author of Endlings

UNESCO Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award Winner 2023

Shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry 2023