Catherine Smith | Arvon

Catherine Smith

Catherine Smith writes poetry, drama and fiction and has co-adapted some of her short stories (from her collection The Biting Point) and a pamphlet-length, narrative supernatural poem, The New Cockaigne, for Live Literature shows, in conjunction with Lewes Live Literature. In 2004 she was selected as one of ‘the most exhilarating new poets of their generation’ by Arts Council England/The Poetry Society. Her poetry collections have been shortlisted for major prizes, including the Aldeburgh/Jerwood prize and the Forward prize. Her poems have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and performed at music and literature festivals. Several of her short stories appear in anthologies and two have been broadcast on Radio 4, as has her supernatural rom-com radio drama, Jellybelly. She is currently working on some new poems, a novella in flash and seven short stories about the deadly sins.