Julie Irigaray
Writer. Teacher. Researcher.
Welcome to my website. As an author who lived in four different countries, I aim to create a better understanding of the world and our place in it — a mission which has cast me in many different roles: writer, teacher and researcher.
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I am a creative writing tutor and I earned a PhD in English Literature from The University of Huddersfield. You can find out about my publications, experience, research, awards, and more on this website.
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What's New
Summer 2025
My flash fiction piece 'Jurançon' will be published in Bangle Magazine in June. I'm particularly excited because it's my first published flash fiction piece, and is part of the brand new book I'm writing which combines wine and memories.
'Jurançon' was also shortlisted for the Southword Subscribers’ Poetry Competition.
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Poetry Ireland Review published my poem 'Eguzkilore' in May.
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The new issue of Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal includes my essay: 'On Arthur Rimbaud’s vision of the Poet as Seer'.
I am excited to be teaching this online introduction to prose poetry with the European Writers Salon
on 6th July.​​
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Whalers, Witches and Gauchos
My poetry pamphlet Whalers, Witches and Gauchos was published by Nine Pens Press last April.
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Whalers, Witches and Gauchos explores narratives of displacement, the way we navigate between countries and cultures, and how where we come from makes us who we are. Using my Basque ancestors as a point of reference – these same whalers, witches and gauchos who travelled to the other side of the world or were persecuted – I conjure up my memories of living in the Basque Country, France, Ireland, Italy and the UK. This pamphlet depicts what it is to migrate between places and languages seeking homes that can both sustain us and allow us to grow.
