Travellers of the North

About Fiona Smith

Fiona Smith is an Irish poet with close connections to Norway. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as Poetry Ireland Review and Southword and in the anthologies Skein (Templar Poetry 2014) and Over the Edge The First Ten Years (Salmon Poetry 2013). Winner of the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year poetry section 2012 runnerup in the Goldsmith Poetry Prize 2017 and recipient of a mentorship with the John Montague fellow Paula Bohince in 2022 she has read at festivals throughout Ireland including the Cork Spring Poetry Festival and at Charlie Byrnes bookshop in Galway. Travellers of the North is Fiona Smiths debut collection.