Girl's night in Open Mic  poet Pratibha Castle hosted by Alix Edwards & CWC

Company Of Words

Company of Words is back for another fun open mic evening for WOMEN, hosted by artist Alix Edwards and  Cardiff Writer's Circle

Zoom Link for poetry open mic from 6.30pm tonight : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82794809945?pwd=U1dUR2tOT3ZlVzE2bzhrRVczMU1rZz09Meeting ID: 827 9480 9945Passcode: 090309PLEASE SHARE -) Company of Words is back for another fun open mic evening This event for WOMEN, hosted by artist Alix Edwards and Cardiff Writer&#x27;s Circle is a chance to catch up with friends, share your work and hear the fabulous poetry of rising star Pratibha Castle. For attendees of Shout!, Art With Alix and Write-On with Alix., Cardiff Writer&#x27;s Circle, Company of Words etc Open to all women. About PratibhaPratibha 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&#x27; 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.&#x27;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 Pratibha https://www.pratibhacastlepoetry.comTo find out more about Alix: https://www.curatorspace.com/artists/AlixEdwardsTo receive invites to events and workshops by Company of Words please like and follow page @CompanyOfWords For updates on Alix&#x27;s art FB @alixedwardsartography Instagram artography_alixedwards Cardiff Writer&#x27;s Circle is a writing group which has existed since 1947 and is celebrating it&#x27;s 75th anniverary this year. We meet on Mondays 7-9pm @YMCA Shakespeare St CardiffWebsite: www.cardiffwriterscircle.comTwitter: @CardiffWritersCFacebook: @cardiffwriterscircle

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Girl's night in Open Mic poet Pratibha Castle hosted by Alix Edwards & CWC

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