Kathryn O'Driscoll

Kathryn O’Driscoll is a spoken-word poet, writer and activist from Bath, England. She is a UK Slam Champion and a World Slam Finalist (2021). She talks openly about disabilities, mental health, LGBTQIA+ issues and joys, and gender politics in her wide range of poems.

She was longlisted for the Out-Spoken Prize for Performance Poetry, and the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Artist in 2022. In 2021 she was one of the featured poets on the (BAFTA-winning) Sky Arts spoken-word TV show Life & Rhymes. She has been involved in many teams running poetry initiatives, such as Raise the Bar, Inkbomb, CandleLit, and was a member of the PBH’s Free Fringe Spoken Word Artistic Director team in 2021. Her debut collection Cliff Notes was released by Verve Poetry Press in February 2022.