Norton’s work has appeared in Poetry Ireland and leading haiku journals. In 1992 he won a BBC Wildlife Poetry Award; also a Peterloo Poets Award; and in 2012 a Genjuan Award in Japan. On August 26th as part of the festival there will be a ‘Gingko’ (Haiku walk) followed by a Haiku workshop in collaboration with Haiku Ireland hosted by Maeve O’Sullivan.