Saturday 23rd May, 2.00-4.00pm
Calling all poets and poetry lovers based in Ireland! I’m delighted to announce that I will be reading and in conversation at Speak Your Truth at The Poetry Lounge, Waterford Gallery of Art, O’Connell Street, Waterford. The event is free… yes, totally free! Come along to hear Kerrie Hardie, Eoin Devereux and my good self in conversation with Ger Duffy, Colette Colfer and Cathy Conlon.
Karen Downs-Barton is an award winning poet. Minx, her first collection, is published by Chatto and Windus, Penguin Random House in March 2025. Her pamphlet, Didicoy, won the 2022 International Book and Pamphlet Competition and was the Poetry Book Society recommended pamphlet 2023. Her writing incorporates experimental form and multilingualism alongside lyric pieces exploring an Angloromani heritage, times in state child care, and in diverse occupations including a magician's assistant. Karen has appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Verb, Ledbury Literature Festival, and is currently touring, promoting Minx. Karen gained a Doctorate in Creative Writing from King's College, London and is a regular workshop facilitator for Creative Future UK. Follow her on social media at: @downsbarton Instagram, @karendownsbarton.bsky.social View more posts
Karen Downs-Barton