Katy Mahon on motherhood, music, and a complex inheritance

Katy Mahon writes from the blurred edges between motherhood and creativity – a place of contradictions, where chores and maternal routines deprive the poet of space to write, even as the joys of paren...

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I can think of no better way than to end this year’s drop-in/review cycle than with one of my favourite contemporary poets, Katie Mahon. My pamphlet Cry (Valley Press, 2025) is all at once a …

Eventbrite - Katy Mahon presents Poetry pamphlet launch party, Katy Mahon and Katie Jenkins - Wednesday, 10 December 2025 at 201 Acomb Rd, York, England. Find event and ticket information.

A cosy evening celebrating the release of poetry pamphlets by Katy Mahon and Katie Jenkins at the Bluebird Bakery.

A cosy evening celebrating the release of poetry pamphlets by Katy Mahon and Katie Jenkins at the Bluebird Bakery.

Pre-order now: for delivery mid-December 2025 | In Cry, Katy Mahon writes from the blurred edges between motherhood and creativity – a place of contradictions, where chores and maternal routines depri...

Katy Mahon is an Irish musician and poet brought up in London and living in York. Her poems have appeared in various Irish and English journals, most recently The High Window, The Honest Ulsterman …

Come and listen to some of the best poets from Yorkshire and beyond at Finding the Words, our relaxed and welcoming online poet...

Come and listen to some of the best poets from Yorkshire and beyond at Finding the Words, our relaxed and welcoming online poet...