Originally from County Tyrone, Colin Dardis now resides in Belfast, where he currently edits the poetry e-zine Speech Therapy, and is the host of Purely Poetry, a monthly open mic poetry night in the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast.
Previously, Colin has been a co-ordinator of open mic night Make Yourself Heard, and has worked as a Poet In Motion for the New Belfast Community Arts Initiative. He has also performed with the Belfast Poets. Notable readings include the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Between The Lines and the Castlereagh Verbal Arts Festival. Colin is a poet who displays hunger for understanding of himself and the world around him. His poetry and performances display an ever present sense of hope through times of love, sadness, death and joy, while his performances sparkle with humour, honesty, modesty, and a touch of the absurd. His poem 'Perhaps' won the Edit Red 2006 Writer's Choice Award for Poetry. | 
Colin's debut collection,
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