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A special lunch will be provided by Pretty Baked Bakery.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Molly Twomey grew up in Lismore, County Waterford and now lives in Cork. Her first collection,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gallerypress.com\/product\/raised-among-vultures\/\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Raised Among Vultures<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> was published in 2022 by The Gallery Press. It was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for Best First Collection and won the Southword Debut Collection Poetry Award. She was awarded the 2023 Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary and an Arts Council Literature Bursary in 2024. 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