Dr. Arthur Broomfield
is a poet and short storywriter, Beckett scholar and occasional lecturer from
Ballyfin County Laois. He is the author of seven books including three poetry
collections The Poetry Reading at Semple Stadium [Lapwing 2012] Cold Coffee at
Emo Court [Revival 2016] The Giants’ Footsteps at the Rock of Dunamaise
[Revival 2019] and a study on the works of Samuel Beckett: The Empty Too:
language and philosophy in the works of Samuel Beckett [Cambridge Scholars’ Publishing
2014] He delivers poetry and short story
workshops and is available to mentor writing groups or individual writers and
to give lectures on the works of Samuel Beckett and on Surrealist poetry. Dr
Broomfield holds BA degrees in English and history from NUI Maynooth, an MA
degree in English literature [NUI Maynooth] and a Ph.D in English literature
from Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.