Born of coal-mining and farm-working stock, Karen Gemma Brewer is an award winning writer and performer from Ceredigion in west Wales where she lives by the sea and runs a book and record shop with soulmate Niki between writing, acting and touring her one woman shows.
Her writing combines emotion and mundanity with a strong sense of the absurd; has been published in magazines and anthologies in the UK, Europe and USA; translated into several languages; and is due to be deposited at the south pole of the Moon by a NASA lunar rover.
Karen’s publications include the poetry collections ‘Dancing In The Sun’ (2022), ‘Seeds From A Dandelion: addition edition’ (2021), ‘Seeds From A Dandelion’ (2017) and she is editor of ‘Write It Out – new LGBTQ+ writing from Ceredigion & Carmarthenshire’ (2019). A first collection of short fiction ‘From Mars To Cilcennin’ is due in 2024.
A two-time winner of the ‘Tim Williams Performance Poetry Award,’ Karen has performed in the UK and Europe at festivals, theatres, pubs, clubs, schools, colleges, supermarkets and in the street. She has MCd events for both professional performers and open mics and judged several competitions.
An experienced tutor, Karen has run writing courses and workshops in poetry and fiction for adults and children.
