Description
Solstice recently commissioned Niamh and Annemarie on their first collaborative book, Boy Dancer. Boy Dancer interweaves a series of poems by Ní Churreáin, with illustrations by McCann, exploring grief, ritual and transformation. It unfolds as a textual wake – an act of keeping vigil, remembering and celebrating in response to the loss of Ní Churreáin’s foster brother, Darry.
Annemarie Ní Churreáin is a poet from the Donegal Gaeltacht. Her poetry books are published by Doire Press, The Salvage Press and The Gallery Press. She is a recipient of the Arts Council’s Next Generation Artist Award, the Markievicz Award, and the Patrick Kavanagh Fellowship. Ní Churreáin was the 2025 Arts Council/UCD Writer in Residence. She is the poetry editor at The Stinging Fly Magazine.
Niamh McCann is a visual artist from Dublin. Currently showing work in ‘ReMemory: Sydney Biennale 2026’, McCann has exhibited extensively in Ireland and internationally. McCann was recipient of the inaugural Norman Houston Commissioning Award, Washington DC 2023 and isrecipient of various Arts Council of Ireland Awards, most recently with ‘Decade of Centenaries’ support for the multi-sited exhibition ‘someone decides, hawk or dove’.