Barry Smith is director of Chichester Poetry, the co-ordinator of the Festival of Chichester and director of the South Downs Poetry Festival. His work has appeared online, on YouTube and in anthologies/magazines, including Acumen, Frogmore Papers, South, Stony Thursday Book and London Grip. He was runner-up in a BBC Proms Poetry competition. Barry is editor of Poetry & All That Jazz magazine. Recent readings include Chichester Cathedral and Harlington Manor Festival with jazz pianist David Johnson.