Karen McCarthy Woolf

Karen McCarthy Woolf writes poetry, prose and radio drama. She is the editor of Bittersweet: Black Women’s Contemporary Poetry (1998) and Kin: New Fiction by Black and Asian Women (2004), both of which went on to form the basis of two nationwide tours. Her writing is published in numerous magazines and anthologies and she has presented her work at a variety of locations including the Purcell Room at the South Bank, the Barbican in London and in Slovenia with the British Council. She has been on the Board of Wasafiri since 2004. Visit Karen’s website at www.karenmccarthy.co.uk.