Books by Karen McCarthy

Karen McCarthy was born in London to an English mother and Jamaican father. As the editor of the critically acclaimed anthology Bittersweet: Contemporary Black Women's Poetry (The Women's Press), nominated for the Best Book at the EMMA awards 2000, she has presented her work internationally at venues including The Poetry Society, the South Bank Centre, and at the international women's art festival in Slovenia as part of the British Art Council's New British Writing promotion. She runs workshops on editing skills for new and emerging authors and is also a reviewer and writer.