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His recent work includes Riverrun, a book of modernist sonnets about the river Trent, Tyneside dialect poetry and A Book of Odes, dealing with migration and the social and political histories of the north and midlands.
July 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
His recent work includes Riverrun, a book of modernist sonnets about the river Trent, Tyneside dialect poetry and A Book of Odes, dealing with migration and the social and political histories of the north and midlands.
Alan was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and has lived in Nottingham since 1985. He runs the poetry publisher Leafe Press and its associated magazine, ‘Litter’.
July 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Alan was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and has lived in Nottingham since 1985. He runs the poetry publisher Leafe Press and its associated magazine, ‘Litter’.
Her debut pamphlet, Guerrilla Brightenings (Against the Grain Press), was released in 2022, and she was longlisted for the National Poetry Competition in 2023.
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Her debut pamphlet, Guerrilla Brightenings (Against the Grain Press), was released in 2022, and she was longlisted for the National Poetry Competition in 2023.
Her research is funded by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership and is based at the universities of Southampton and Bath Spa, in association with writer-development agency, ArtfulScribe.
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Her research is funded by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership and is based at the universities of Southampton and Bath Spa, in association with writer-development agency, ArtfulScribe.
Joanna is a poet and researcher from Brighton. She has published over 70 poems and is about to complete a PhD investigating mentorship for poets in the UK.
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Joanna is a poet and researcher from Brighton. She has published over 70 poems and is about to complete a PhD investigating mentorship for poets in the UK.
Her work is formally restless and shaped by questions of power, gender, and cultural exclusion.
Her essay in the upcoming anthology Bread Alone reflects on literary gatekeeping, soft-lit false starts, and the cost of staying visible for writers shaped by council estates and the Irish diaspora.
Her essay in the upcoming anthology Bread Alone reflects on literary gatekeeping, soft-lit false starts, and the cost of staying visible for writers shaped by council estates and the Irish diaspora.
July 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Her work is formally restless and shaped by questions of power, gender, and cultural exclusion.
Her essay in the upcoming anthology Bread Alone reflects on literary gatekeeping, soft-lit false starts, and the cost of staying visible for writers shaped by council estates and the Irish diaspora.
Her essay in the upcoming anthology Bread Alone reflects on literary gatekeeping, soft-lit false starts, and the cost of staying visible for writers shaped by council estates and the Irish diaspora.
Claire's fiction and poetry explore inheritance, place, and the invisible labour of survival.
After early publication in The Rialto and Magma, she returned from a long hiatus with new poetry in Tears in the Fence and a Saboteur Award-shortlisted novella from Fly on the Wall.
After early publication in The Rialto and Magma, she returned from a long hiatus with new poetry in Tears in the Fence and a Saboteur Award-shortlisted novella from Fly on the Wall.
July 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Claire's fiction and poetry explore inheritance, place, and the invisible labour of survival.
After early publication in The Rialto and Magma, she returned from a long hiatus with new poetry in Tears in the Fence and a Saboteur Award-shortlisted novella from Fly on the Wall.
After early publication in The Rialto and Magma, she returned from a long hiatus with new poetry in Tears in the Fence and a Saboteur Award-shortlisted novella from Fly on the Wall.
He is a contributing editor at The Fortnightly Review, where some of his work appears including Some Guts, a prose sequence with collages by John Goodby. Blue Eyes, Zimzalla, Spring 2024, is his fourth chapbook. More information at: simoncollings.wordpress.com
Simon Collings
stories, poetry, reviews
simoncollings.wordpress.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
He is a contributing editor at The Fortnightly Review, where some of his work appears including Some Guts, a prose sequence with collages by John Goodby. Blue Eyes, Zimzalla, Spring 2024, is his fourth chapbook. More information at: simoncollings.wordpress.com
Simon lives in Oxford, UK. His poetry, short fiction, translations, reviews and essays have appeared in a wide range of magazines. A collection of his prose poems and short fiction, Why are you here?, was published by The Fortnightly Review in November 2020.
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Simon lives in Oxford, UK. His poetry, short fiction, translations, reviews and essays have appeared in a wide range of magazines. A collection of his prose poems and short fiction, Why are you here?, was published by The Fortnightly Review in November 2020.
His work has appeared a number of times in Tears in the Fence since 2012, and this will be his 10th appearance at the Festival, once again making the trip from his home in Orkney. We look forward to welcoming him back!
June 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
His work has appeared a number of times in Tears in the Fence since 2012, and this will be his 10th appearance at the Festival, once again making the trip from his home in Orkney. We look forward to welcoming him back!
His surreal prose poem sequence The Jazz Age relaunched Salt’s Modern Poets series in 2022. Last year he won both the Scottish Poetry Library’s Julia Budenz Commemorative Prize and the Mallaig Book Festival Deirdre Roberts Prize.
June 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
His surreal prose poem sequence The Jazz Age relaunched Salt’s Modern Poets series in 2022. Last year he won both the Scottish Poetry Library’s Julia Budenz Commemorative Prize and the Mallaig Book Festival Deirdre Roberts Prize.
Since Aidan Semmens’s first collection, published by Shearsman in 2011, there have been five more, including Life Has Become More Cheerful, which marked the 2017 centenary of the Russian Revolution.
June 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Since Aidan Semmens’s first collection, published by Shearsman in 2011, there have been five more, including Life Has Become More Cheerful, which marked the 2017 centenary of the Russian Revolution.