Bridget Minamore

Swallow

"Rebecca spots Elizabeth’s name on the corner of a church pew. She is startled, yes, but not surprised."

Bridget Minamore is a writer, poet and journalist. She was shortlisted to be London's first Young Poet Laureate, and is part of the creative team behind Brainchild Festival. Bridget teaches poetry and drama workshops around the country, has read her work internationally, and regularly speaks on panels and events about everything from politics to pop culture. In 2015 Bridget was chosen as one of the Hospital Club’s Emerging Creatives, as well as one of Speaking Volumes’ Forty Stars of Black British Literature. Titanic (Out-Spoken Press), her debut pamphlet of poems on modern love and loss, came out in May 2016.