J V Birch is a British-born Australian poet living on Kaurna land in Adelaide. Her poems appear in Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite, Ink, Sweat and Tears, StylusLit, Magma, Arc, Mslexia, Juniper, SurVision, etc. She has published a full-length collection, "more than here," as well as four chapbooks: "Smashed glass at midnight," "What the water & moon gave me," "A bellyful of roses," and "Venus"; all with Ginninderra Press. This chapbook won the James Tate Poetry Prize in 2022.