Local Poets Sunday

Sunday’s local poets session features diverse and interesting artists such as Barry O’Brien, Caoilfhionn Nic Conmara, Christabel Fearon, Debbie Gee, Frances Turner, Fred Grindrod, Jade Mash, Jo Duckles, Kate Thirlwall, Matthew Burt, Matthew Dolezal, Sara Daniels, Tom Badger and Zoe Charles. Hosted in style by Caoilfhionn.

Barry O’Brien
Social historian, podcaster, broadcaster and songwriter still trying to get my royalties from a certain US rapper who ‘used’ one of my tracks from the 70s, I’m not bitter but I could do with the cheque. All my eyebrows are my own.

Fred Grindrod
Born in Birmingham in 1944, Fred’s poetry is influenced by his early life there, his days of working firstly in the jewellery quarter, and later as an apprenticed printer, then a folk singer, a teacher and an observer of life’s rich tapestry.

A collection of his poems entitled Fragments and Memories, which represents only the tiniest fraction of a body of poetry and storytelling which he has produced over the past 6 decades, was published in 2017.

Sara Daniels
Sara Daniels is local to Wallingford, primarily a singer/songwriter. Poetry has always been in her sights and lately she has been bringing her poems out to the public ear when the opportunity arises.