Irene Hossack undertook postgraduate studies at Monash University,
Melbourne, after completing her undergraduate degree at Deakin
University, Geelong, Australia. Her Masters research was on the
poetry of Charles Simic with the thesis entitled Charles Simic:
Between Hermeneutics and Poetics. Her doctoral thesis is a
study on the poetry of Geoffrey Hill, entitled Geoffrey Hill
and the Question of Difficulty. She currently teaches Creative
Writing and English Language courses at the Open University.
Current research interests include the recent poetry of Geoffrey
Hill and the changes to Hill's oeuvre the poems reflect,
quantum physics and the possibility of its poetic expression. Irene
writes poetry, short stories and reviews and her work has been
published in British, Australian and American journals. She is
currently working on her first collection of poetry North of
All Borders and some of her published poetry and essays can be
found at:http//www.irenehossack.blogspot.com/irenehossack.html
She is a member of the Scottish Writers' Centre and their steering
group.