Josh Hickey is a writer and literary curator working in Paris, France and Hydra, Greece. Under the name, Applied Research, Josh pilots literary research, curation and publication. The Hydra Book Club, an annual presentation in the Historical Archives Museum of Hydra, now entering its third year, has become an important cultural event in Greece and now features a literary journal featuring writing and image from other curators, writers and artists both on and off the island. Josh is regularly invited to contribute to literary journals, and has a deepening relationship with cultural institutions throughout Europe with whom he now collaborates.