Trish Bennett

Trish Bennett is an Irish writer who grew up on the Leitrim/Fermanagh border. She spent her youth changing jobs, careers, and cities, not realising that she was building up a lifetime of shenanigans to tap into later on, when she gave in to the urge to write.

She has settled in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, along with her husband, daughter, parrot, dog, two cats, and three hives of honey bees.

Bennett writes poetry, memoir, and short stories. The main themes in her work are the landscape of her people, the natural world, and the antics of her family, and other creatures.

She’s widely published in print and online, and has read her work on BBC Radio Ulster. Bennett’s won The Leitrim Guardian Literary Award for poetry, twice, and has been a finalist in over a dozen poetry competitions in the past few years, including The Allingham, North West Words, The Percy French, Head Stuff, Bailieborough, The Bangor Literary Journal, and Hedgehog Poetry Press.

Bennett performs regularly at events and festivals because she loves to connect with people through her words.

Twitter: @baabennett Facebook: TrishBennettWriter.