Poetry from Agitation Hill presents, zooming from London, a night of great poetry with CHRYS SALT. Friday January 19th 6-7pm EST. Interstaters please check local times. Chrys will be up 11 hours earlier in London to do this reading for us. Thanks very much, Chrys. Zoom link posted Thursday prior.

Chrys started her career as an actor appearing in Repertory Theatre, The West End, TV and Radio. She has written five full poetry collections and four pamphlet collections, has been translated into several languages. Her work has been set to music by various composers .She has performed UK wide, in the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Finland, India, Australia and Africa.

She featured as The International Poet at The Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2019 with an adjacent tour up the Australian East Coast, was guest of honour at The Dialogia Festival in Finland August 2022 and one of seven International Poets to feature at The Kistrech International Poetry Festival in Kenya in November of the same year. She has been recipient of awards and bursaries (various) and in 2014 was awarded an MBE in the late Queen’s Birthday Honours List for Services to The Arts.

Chrys will be reading from 'Weavers of Grass,' part of an extensive tour in 2024, More posted about this special work next time. As usual, Chrys will read fro about 20 minues, followed by a QnA involving the audience, concluding with her encore.

Remembering Rob Schackne, a great supporter of this event & all things poetry. Sadly missed. Vale, Rob.

Zooom Link & code will be posted on Ross Donlon’s facebook profile by Thursday 18 Jan