Kapu Lewis is a Welsh writer and poet whose work explores folklore in the modern world. She is inspired by her native West Wales and the folk stories she collects when she travels.

 

She has been short-listed and long-listed for The Rhys Davies Prize, The Bournemouth Writing Prize, and three times for the New Writers Poetry Prize. Her work has been published worldwide by Parthian Books, The Berlin Literary Review, Southword New International Writing, époque Press, Knights of Pen and Ink, Watertower Press, Handwritten & Co, MIROnline and The Menteur. Her latest work will be included in the Erro Press Anthology of Womanhood next year. She frequently performs poetry live.

 

Kapu is also a creative writing mentor, and runs practical workshops that focus on 'Building Confidence, Developing Instinct and Managing Fear' for those at the early stages of their writing career.