Cherry Smyth

Cherry Smyth is an Irish writer, living in London.  Test, Orange is her third collection of poetry and Famished is her fourth. Her first two collections, When the Lights Go Up (2001) and One Wanted Thing (2006), were published by Lagan Press, and she was commended in the UK National Poetry Competition 2010. Her debut novel, Hold Still, Holland Park Press, appeared in 2013. Cherry writes for visual art magazines including Art Monthly. She is currently a Royal Literary Fellow and is working on a punk libretto. www.cherrysmyth.com