Borrow a poet from The Poets Library

Poet, Neo Florence Gilson, will divulge the origins, influences, and skills that make one of her pieces impactful.
About this Event

Old hands and new eyes will enjoy this unique creative opportunity with Neo, a socially engaged poet, storyteller, and singer song writer based in Cork. Her work has been published in The Stinging Fly, Storms Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Visual Art, the Irish Weekend Examiner, Golden Shovel Poetry Jukebox Belfast, Poetry Ireland's Trumpet Volume 3, and Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology 2026.

She's appeared in Corcadoca and Outlandish Theatre Practice productions. She has debuted her staged reading play ' A storm in a teacup' during her residency with Sample Studio's of Sanctuary and recently co-founded the dynamic all female acapella singing group 'The African Queens'.

Her contributions to sustainable community development have been recognised with the Dignity Partnership Visibility Award and the Dublin South City Partnership's 'A Decade of People of African Descent in Ireland' Award.