February 2021 – Kathryn O'Driscoll

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Snow day

Kate

February 19, 2021 No Comments

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Catch me headlining Hammer & Tongue Cambridge

Kate

February 1, 2021February 20, 2021 No Comments

On February 5th I shall be supporting Malaika Kegode at the incredible Hammer & Tongue Cambridge slam. Facebook event info here for this virtual event. UPDATE: This event is now over, but due to illness I ended up headlining which was very exciting! You can watch my set back here.

_{Kathryn O’Driscoll is a spoken word poet, writer and activist from Bath, England. She is a U.K. slam champion and a World Slam Finalist (2021). She talks openly about disabilities, mental health, LGBTQIA+ issues and joys and gender politics in her wide range of poems.}

_{She was longlisted for the Outspoken Prize for Performance Poetry, and the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Artist in 2022. In 2021 she was one of the featured poets on the (BAFTA winning) Sky Arts spoken word TV show Life and Rhymes.}

_{She is the founder and creator of CandleLit Sessions and the Sword Forge Collective, a poetry reader for Full House Literary Magazine, and Co-Artistic Director of Spoken Word at PBH’s Free Fringe.}

_{Her debut collection ‘Cliff Notes’ was released by Verve Poetry Press in February.}

Month: February 2021

Snow day

Catch me headlining Hammer & Tongue Cambridge