Josh Hickey is an American writer, editor, and literary curator living in Hydra, Greece and Warsaw, Poland.

After over 8 years at the Direction of International Events for Cartier, he founded the Hydra Book Club in 2021. The Hydra Book Club is a literary project that has grown from its flagship bookstore on the island of Hydra to now include a literary magazine, exhibitions, live programming, and publishing.

He is the editor of the Journal of the Hydra Book Club an annual edition of fiction, poetry, essay and image with contributions from contemporary writers, visual artists, curators, critics, and philosophers.

Josh’s writing regularly appears in various international publications such at the Financial Times HTSI, Dapper Dan, YOLO Journal, and the Travel Almanac.

Josh also directs a cultural programming and consultancy firm, Applied Research.