Joey Connolly grew up in Sheffield, studied in Manchester and now works in London as the Director of Faber Academy. He received an Eric Gregory award in 2012, and his first collection, Long Pass, was published by Carcanet in 2017. The Recycling was published in 2023.

Joey Connolly's work featured in PN Review comprises five contributions of poetry and 10 reviews, over a period of 13 years.