Swindon Festival Of Literature: Poets Three

Poets Three: KAREN DOWNS-BARTON, ZOE BROOKS, and CHRISTOPHER HORTON

Presented in association with Poetry Swindon

Prize-winning poet Karen Downs-Barton PhD is an Anglo-Romani writer who, after a childhood on the move, now lives in Wiltshire. Her latest collection, Minx, explores a vibrant but precarious culture little understood by a wider society and whose traditional ways are in danger of being lost.

Award-winning Gloucestershire poet Zoe Brooks is director of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. Her third collection of poems is titled Something in Nothing which places fairytale characters in a contemporary setting, revealing that fairy tales are very much not just for children.

Bridport prize-winner Christopher Horton has written for Poetry London and Wild Court. His third pamphlet collection, Clutter Jar, comprises taut, emotionally charged poems that explore memory, masculinity, and technology with clarity and lyricism.

Please note this event will take place at Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, West Swindon SN5 5PJ