Kitty Greenbrown

Kitty Greenbrown is a York-based writer and performance poet with a keen interest in folklore, nature, heritage and all things vintage.

She won Say Owt Slam and the York Culture Award for Best Performing Artist in 2017, and she has been subsequently commissioned to create work for York Art Gallery, Visit York, North York Moors National Park, North York Moors Steam Railway, York City Council, York Explore and York Theatre Royal.

Her poetry has been published in various anthologies, including The Result is What You See Today by Smith | Doorstop, and her poetry has been highly commended in the York Poetry Prize, The National Poetry Archive Competition and the Patricia Eschen Prize for Poetry in 2022. She also writes and performs work for children.

Kitty is the author of one book to date - The Little Book of Folklore for Summersdale Books. She is currently working on a novel for 9-11s which explores themes of landscape and belonging.