Company of Words is back for another fun open mic evening This free event for WOMEN, hosted by artist Alix Edwards and Cardiff Writer’s Circle is a chance to catch up with friends, share your work and hear the fabulous poetry of rising star Pratihba Castle in a chill and fun environment

Zoom link will be sent to you when you sign up on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/344021526647

About Pratihba
Pratibha Castle, at various times a holistic therapist and workshop facilitator, singer, hippy, was born in Dublin and now lives in West Sussex. Though she received some acclaim as a writer at the age of nine, winning a Cadbury’s essay competition, also writing, directing and acting in a school play aged ten, she only turned to writing as an adult at the age of 60, prompted by her mother’s death.

She graduated from Chichester University with a first-class honours degree in English and Creative Writing, studying further on their Creative Writing MA. Joint winner of the Hedgehog Press Nicely Folded Paper Competition 2019, her work appears in Agenda, Dreich, The Honest Ulsterman, Saraswati, Reach, The Blue Nib, Words for the Wild, Bonnie’s Crew, Panoply, Poetry and All That Jazz, Fly on the Wall, Lothlorien Journal.

Winner of the NADFAS poetry competition age range 13 – 17, 2009, she was Highly Commended in the Sentinel Literary Journal Competition January 2021, Storytown 2020 Poetry Competition, and Hedgehog Press Competition, Postcards from the Hedge: A Bestiary of the Night. She has been longlisted and shortlisted in additional poetry competitions, including the Brian Dempsey Memorial Competition and her work appears in various anthologies. She is a regular reader on Wilts Radio, The Poetry Place. Pratibha loves birds, but has a hard time with the heron who swoops in at dawn, in the hope of dining on her carp.

During lockdown Pratibha has been active internationally on zoom readings , featuring as guest poet on Cultivating Voices Live (USA), Flight of the Dragonflies, Gloucestershire Poetry Society – International Womens’ Day, Oxford Stanza, Poetry Teignmouth at The Mill, Fire RIver Poets Words Out Loud. She features forthcoming at the Cheltenham Festival, Poetry Performance, Winchester Muse, Blot from the Blue, Soundbytes and more.’

If you would like to read or have any questions please DM Alix Edwards @CompanyofWords. Sign-ups are also on the evening – the link will be open from 6.30pm – this event is for new and experienced women writers and everyone is welcome to read!

To find out more: about Pratihba
https://www.pratibhacastlepoetry.com

To find out more about Alix:
https://www.curatorspace.com/artists/AlixEdwards

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Cardiff Writer’s Circle is a writing group which has existed since 1947 and is celebrating it’s 75th anniverary this year. We meet on Mondays 7-9pm @YMCA Shakespeare St CardiffWebsite: www.cardiffwriterscircle.com Twitter: @CardiffWritersC Facebook: @cardiffwriterscircle