Nell Regan's debut collection Preparing for Spring was published in 2007 by Arlen House in Ireland and will be launched in New York with Syracuse University Press later this year. The collection was shortlisted for the 2007 Glen Dimplex New Writers Awards and she is the recipient of the Dublin City Council Literature Bursary for 2007. Nell has just been nominated for the Eithne and Rupert Strong first Collection award.