Barry Smith has worked in education, as a theatre director and reviewer of books and plays (TES), as well as being the author of various articles on creativity in education. Barry is currently the Co-ordinator of the Festival of Chichester, a month long celebration of the arts. He is Director of Chichester Poetry, which runs the Open Mic Poetry and A Celebration of Poetry events in Chichester, as well as the Poetry & Jazz Café as part of the Festival. He is co-editor of the magazine, Poetry & All That Jazz. In 2018, Barry became Director of the South Downs Poetry Festival.

Barry’s collection, Performance Rites, is available from Waterloo Press.