Sharon Black

Originally from Glasgow, Sharon Black now lives in the Cévennes mountains of southern France. Previously she was a journalist and taught English in France and Japan. She runs a writing retreat (www.abricreativewriting.com) and organizes yoga and other events. Her poetry is published widely in UK magazines and journals. She has won first prizes in Ilkley Literature Festival Poetry Competition, Sentinel Annual Poetry Competition, The Frogmore Prize and Envoi International Poetry Prize. To Know Bedrock is her first collection. Her second, The Art of Egg, appeared in 2015 with Two Ravens Press and was republished in 2019 by Pindrop Press. www.sharonblack.co.uk