Pratibha Castle

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Pratibha Castle,

an Irish born poet, lives in West Sussex. Widely published in journals and anthologies including Agenda, International Times, IS&T, One Hand Clapping, Spelt, Tears In The Fence, London Grip, High Window and Stand, she has been longlisted and given special mention in numerous competitions including Indigo Press, Repton, King Lear, Bray Festival, Binsted Arts, Gloucester Poetry Society and Welsh Poetry Competitions. The title poem in her latest pamphlet Miniskirts in The Waste Land (Hedgehog Press), a Poetry Book Society winter selection 2023, was shortlisted in the Bridport Prize. Set in late 60s/early ‘70s Notting Hill and India, this is ‘poetry to reach out and touch, taste, savour’ (Dawn Gorman). Her debut pamphlet A Triptych of Birds & A Few Loose Feathers was a joint winner in Hedgehog Press Nicely Folded Paper competition 2019. Join her at various live and online poetry events in the new year. Signed books and details of guest readings, live and on zoom events, available from

https://www.pratibhacastlepoetry

@pratibhacastle