Victoria Adukwei Bulley’s debut poetry collection, Quiet, explores ideas of black interiority, intimacy and selfhood. It was previously shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. A poet, writer and artist, Victoria is currently a doctoral student at Royal Holloway, University of London. This is the fifth year of the prize, which is awarded annually for an outstanding debut collection of poetry in the English language. Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English at Trinity.