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Come and hear Cherry Smyth read new, unpublished work at:
The Poetry Cafe on Thurs 20th May 2010 from 8pm -10pm
She will be joining the Mama of Dada, Sheri-D Wilson from Canada, and Nina Rapi from Brixton and Athens, amongst others.
The Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton Street
London WC2H 9BX
Tickets: £5, £4
See www.poetrysociety.org.uk
Cherry Smyth will be joining Bernardine Evaristo, James Rippingale and Irene Musoke at Oxfam Bookshop, Bloomsbury on Thurs 24th June 2010 from 6.45pm – 8pm
Refreshments will be served.
12 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QA
Tel. 0207 637 4610
email: oxfambloomsbury@hotmail.co.uk
To attend this event, please email oxfambloomsbury@hotmail.co.uk to reserve seats as they have a maximum capacity of 60 (35 seated). This event is free but there is a suggested donation of £5 to cover the cost of refreshments.
Cherry Smyth has been commended in the Gregory O'Donoghue Poetry Competition, 2010. Read the winning poem 'Return to the Figure' at: www.munsterlit.ie
Cherry Smyth's collection ‘One Wanted Thing’ has just been reviewed by Angela Gardner in foam:e magazine:
‘Cherry Smyth’s poetry not only values the abstract but often contemplates the valuing of self….She is uncompromising in her use of her chosen subject matter, often unflinching in her language… Smyth brings her experience as art critic and curator to her work as a poet. Three poems in particular within the book, ‘Shine on Sarah Lucas’, ‘Human Image’ , ‘Presence of Mind’ engage, across disciplines and beyond an easy ekphrasis, at a serious and informed level with issues in contemporary visual art.
….often her best work comes from dangerous places where lives are on the line: the aftermath of her parents serious road accident or waiting at the Nablus checkpoint between Palestine and Israel on Machsom Watch. Serious subjects that are given serious attention.
Throughout the book Cherry Smyth reminds us of the ‘bright anomaly’ that is poetry. How it makes us present, informs a life. Continue reading here: www.greendoorwebsites.com
See new poems and an interview with foam:e magazine at:
http://www.greendoorwebsites.com/clients/foame/Issue7/poems/Irish/smyth.html
http://www.greendoorwebsites.com/clients/foame/Issue7/interviews/interview2.html
Cherry Smyth has three new poems in the new issue of Succour, Issue 10, Autumn, Winter.
Cherry has new poems and an essay featured in 'The Watchful Heart: a new generation of Irish poets', edited by Joan McBreen, Salmon Press, launched at Listowel Writers' Week in Kerry, May 2009.
A new poem by Cherry Smyth titled 'Back to Back' can now be seen on www.toddswift.blogspot.com (February 2009)
Cherry's poem 'Wishbone' was published in 'The Long Poem Magazine' in December 2008.
Her short story 'Absorb' has been published online at www.thesocietyforcuriousthought.com
Cherry Smyth's long poem 'Wishbone' was recently commended in the Writers Inc. Competition 2008.
See http://writers-ink-london.com/
Cherry Smyth's poem 'Dunfanaghy, 2002' has been selected for 'Best of Irish Poetry 2008', edited by Thomas McCarthy and Brid Ni Mhorain, Southword Editions, 2007.
Available at €12 post-free from www.munsterlit.ie
Her latest collection 'One Wanted Thing' was reviewed in Magma, Summer 2008:
'Cherry Smyth's second full collection makes the word "careful" a compliment. You are in the hands of an expert conductor of moment. Fair and Lovely, for example, negotiates a tourist on the Madras Mail train through the hazards of the "other" (Indian women in saris), culturally induced self-hate (skin lightening) and gender discomfort ("the new view/ my jeans, my cropped hair, impossibly male") without faltering. This constant care leads her to an original and subtle art: a capacity to note those times when the indistinguishable (or the slipping together of separate things) is itself the definition. Lacan's Idea of Love shows this in a marvellous phrase: "the belonging a bird has with a tree"....There are few weak poems in this book. Smyth's intelligence strengthens all her work.'
Claire Crowther
Another review appeared in The North, Issue 41:
'Cherry Smyth's range of form and subject matter is impressive and there is vigour and excitement in this her second full collection which takes us from Dubrovnik to Ireland, from London to India. There are love poems, poems about sexuality, cancer, car accidents, travel, language, politics, war. Though the majority are free verse there are also skillfully handled haiku, an effective villanelle and a particularly lovely sonnet.
One of my favourites was the sequence Destination: Sleep in which Smyth demonstrates her facility with metaphor. There are some stunning images in this closely observed piece. "A girl's head lolls on an elastic neck,/ then rips up with a force seen in torturers".
These are clear-sighted, unflinching poems from a writer with a gift for the surprising image. A lovely book.'
Carole Bromley
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Poetry Reading on Wednesday 29th July 2009, 7 - 9.15pm,
Ride the Word XII
Summer Tour to The CAFE YUMCHAA
45 Berwick Street, Soho, London W.1
Cast: Vincent de Souza, Luke Kennard, Cherry Smyth, Aletta Lawson (for Catherine Eisner), Jay Merill, also Guests: Tears in the Fence with Editor David Caddy, Tom Chivers and Dzifa Benson
Hosted by Jay Merill & Vincent de Souza
MAGMA POETRY MAGAZINE LAUNCH at Troubadour Coffeehouse, Mon 22nd June, 8pm.
Troubadour Coffee House, 265 Old Brompton Road SW5 (near junction Earls Court Road & Old Brompton Road) nearest Tube station: Earls Court (District and Piccadilly Lines), 8-10pm, Tickets £5.50 concessions £4.50. www.troubadour.co.uk
WHO'S THE DADDY?
Chroma at Folyes Charing Cross, Tues 23rd June, 6.30pm
Chroma, the UK's only Queer Literary Journal brings you an evening of confessional, sentimental, and wholesomely kinky stories, poetry and live music about real fathers, play daddies, daughters sons and lovers. There'll be something in it for everyone! Featuring poet and critic Cherry Smyth, poet and venerable playwright Berta Freistadt, singer-songwriter Marie Tueje, Bermuda Gold Award and Golden Inkwell winner for poetry and drama Andra Simons and editor Shaun Levin. Foyles, 113-119 Charing Cross Road , www.londongaytheatreclub.co.uk using promotional code: LGP23 6.30pm £5 (includes a drink) www.foyles.co.uk www.chromajournal.co.uk
Cherry read at the Poetry Café as part of the LGBT month celebrations.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 at 7.30pm
22 Betterton Street
LONDON WC1
Cherry Smyth gave a lecture on the work of Gerhard Richter on March 26th 2009
at the National Portrait Gallery, London at 1.15 - 2.00pm.
www.npg.org.uk
Monday, January 19th 2009 at 8pm
Cherry read from new work at the Troubadour Coffeehouse
265 Old Brompton Road
LONDON SW5
Wednesday, January 28th 2009 at 7pm
Cherry read excerpts from her prize-winning poem ‘Wishbone’ at the Barbican Library for the launch of the Long Poem Magazine.
Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, LONDON EC2
Monday, October 20th 2008 at 7pm.
Cherry read from her latest poetry collection 'One Wanted Thing' at Shakespeare and Co in Paris.
27th September, 2008
Cherry read from new work as part of the Aspects Literature Festival in Bangor, Northern Ireland on Sunday September 27th at 7pm.
Please see www.northdown.gov.uk for further details.
22nd May, 2008
Cherry Smyth read from 'One Wanted Thing' and new work at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea.
January 10th, 2008, 7.15pm
Cherry Smyth took part in a panel discussion at Photofusion, London with Soraya Rodriguez (Zoo Art Fair), Anna Reid (Pavilion Director) and Lydia Goldblatt (artist commissioned by Pavilion) on 'The Use of the Term Emerging Artists'. See www.photofusion.org for more details and webtalk.
November 17th, 2007, at 7.30pm
Cherry performed new work at Lounge Gallery to coincide with their latest exhibition 'Wintry'.
Winter's chill - live performance featuring works by
ELIZABETH KLANGA | SHAUN LEVIN | BARBARA NORDEN | JUSTYNA SCHEURING | CHERRY SMYTH
www.lounge-gallery.com
A masterclass and reading on Saturday October 27, 2007, at 3pm and 8pm
at Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, Co Derry, N.Ireland
A unique chance to enjoy the work of Cherry Smyth, one of the North Coast’s most talented writers, as she visits Flowerfield for a masterclass and reading.
As part of the performance at Flowerfield, Cherry will be offering a masterclass for creative writers with an interest in poetry, from 3pm to 6pm. The class will include analyzing a poem that has inspired Cherry and some writing exercises to get you started. Cherry will also offer some critical feedback on your poems if you like. Those taking part in the class will also have the chance to read from their work at the evening event, just prior to Cherry’s reading.
Places on the masterclass cost £15 with a £10 concession, which includes entry to the reading. Contact Flowerfield on (028) 7083 1400 for details of the masterclass if you are interested in attending. All levels are welcome.
Serpentine Gallery Talk, 28 September 2007
Cherry Smyth gave a talk at the Serpentine Gallery on the work of Matthew Barney on September 28th, 2007,
from 3 -4pm. For further details please see www.serpentinegallery.com
Camden Arts Centre, 10 October 2007
Cherry Smyth gave a talk at Camden Arts Centre on the work of Mamma Andersen and Siobhan Hapaska on
October 10th, 2007, 7 - 8pm. For further details please see www.camdenartscentre.org
Poetry reading, 13 September 2007
Cherry Smyth read from her new collection 'One Wanted Thing' as part of the South London Festival 'Signals' on September 13th 2007. The event celebrated writers from Brand Literary Magazine. Other performers included playwright & Brand editor Nina Rapi, poet & Independent critic Alev Adil, Chroma Editor & writer, Shaun Levin, writer & archivist Althea Greenan & writer/live artist Caroline Smith.
www.brandliterarymagazine.co.uk
UPSTAIRS BLACK SHEEP, 23 Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, London SE19
Further info: 0208 090 9183.
Nearest overground train: Gipsy Hill/ Crystal Palace.
Buses from Brixton: No. 432 & No. 3
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