Cardiff-based poet Rachel Carney reads from her highly-anticipated debut collection Octopus Mind alongside the award-winning Rhian Edwards, author of The Estate Agent’s Daughter.

Rachel Carney is a Cardiff based poet, book reviewer, creative writing facilitator and researcher. In 2021 she won the Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Competition, came 2nd in the Bangor Poetry Competition and was highly commended in the Liverpool Poetry Prize. She blogs at createdtoread.com.

Rhian Edwards’ first collection Clueless Dogs (Seren 2012) won Wales Book of the Year 2013 and was also shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2012. Rhian’s second collection The Estate Agent’s Daughter (Seren 2020) was a National Poetry Day Recommended Read for 2020.