Cathy Galvin
Cathy Galvin | |
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| Born | 14 December 1959 Coventry, England |
| Occupation | Poet and journalist |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds University of Warwick |
| Notable awards | Hawthornden Fellowship Heinrich Böll residency Arts Council England DYCP award |
Cathy Galvin (born 14 December 1959) is a British poet and journalist. She has published three poetry collections and is co-founder of the Sunday Times Short Story Award. Her journalism has appeared in the Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, Newsweek, The Sunday Times, and The Tablet where she is a non-executive director. Her work includes interviews with notable British writers including Will Self, Hanif Kureishi, Carol Ann Duffy, and Sebastian Faulks.
Galvin is the founder and director of the Word Factory, a writing community and organisation described by The Guardian as "a national organisation supporting excellence in short fiction". She was the editor of Red, an anthology of new writing published by the bookseller Waterstones.