Dublin and Waterford

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This time last week I was facilitating a workshop and later reading with Kerry Hardie and Eoin Devereux at Speak Your Truth‘s Poetry Lounge at Waterford Gallery of Art. We were ably hosted by Ger Duffy, Collette Colfer and Cathy Conlon. It was a broiling day, a pigeon’s nest outside the open window (complete with eggs), a lovely craft market running the length of the street outside the gallery. I met some wonderful poets and managed a little sightseeing before heading back to Dublin for a dish of chowder and half a Guinness at Davy Byrnes – a la James Joyce.
Minx is still on the road and having a blast!

Published by Karen Downs-Barton

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

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