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Poets in the Bookshop with Cherry Smyth, Swansea
Poets in the Bookshop with Cherry Smyth, Swansea
 22 May 2008 7.30pm |
The Dylan Thomas Centre
Irish poet Cherry Smyth is this month’s guest reader at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Thursday, 22 May at 7.30pm.
Cherry Smyth is an Irish poet, born in Ballymoney, County Antrim and raised in Portstewart. She has written two collections of poetry, a poetry pamphlet, and a book, essays and reviews on contemporary visual arts. She has also published short fiction. Her debut poetry collection, When the Lights Go Up was published by Lagan Press in 2001.
Her anthology of women prisoners' writing, A Strong Voice in a Small Space, Cherry Picking Press, 2002, won the Raymond Williams Community Publishing Award in 2003. Her latest collection, One Wanted Thing, is published by Lagan Press, and her poetry has been described as ‘engaged, telling, vigorous, exciting…clear-sighted and unflinching.’
The evening will include an open mic session.
Cherry Smyth is also a visual arts curator, and will give a talk on Anthony Shapland’s exhibition at the Glynn Vivian Gallery on 23rd May at 1pm.
Tickets for Poets in the Bookshop are available from the Dylan Thomas Centre on 01792 463980: £4-00 full price, £2-80 concessions and £1-60 Swansea PTL. |
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