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Biographies
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Here you can find out more about the huge range of poets we feature in our pamphlets and the artists whose work appears on our beautiful covers.
We’ve now published poems by almost 800 historical and contemporary poets. In our pages you’ll find old favourites alongside twenty-first century voices – everyone from WH Auden to Benjamin Zephaniah. Although our emphasis is on British poetry, you’ll also find Irish, American and Australian writers.
We hope these pages will encourage you to explore further the work of a poet you’ve enjoyed in one of our pamphlets.
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Lauren K Nixon
Lauren K Nixon is an ex-archaeologist and author who has written short stories such as The Fox and the Fool and the Chambers magic series. She also curates ‘The Superstars’, a community of writers, poets and artists. Her poetry collection Wild Daughter (The Mysterium, 2021) explores themes of folklore, femininity and the natural world.
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Stephanie Norgate
Stephanie Norgate is a poet and playwright who lives in Sussex and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. Her collections Hidden River (2008) and The Blue Den (2012) are both published by Bloodaxe. She sees a close connection between radio and poetry and her poems are often closely engaged with the natural world. As a child she often played in the Selborne garden of Gilbert White.
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Alden Nowlan
Alden Nowlan (1933 – 1983), poet, dramatist and novelist, left school early and later supported his writing by working as a nightshift journalist and newspaper editor. His early works were inspired by rural Nova Scotia and he was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Prize in 1978. He is the author of several collections of poetry, the last being I Might Not Tell Everybody This (1982).
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Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes (1880 – 1958) wrote short stories and plays as well as poetry. He studied at Oxford, but failed to gain his degree as he met the publisher of his first volume of poetry The Loom of Years (1902) instead of attending one of his final exams. He was inspired by the coasts and mountains of Wales where he lived for a number of years. His poem ‘The Highwayman’ remains a perennial favourite.
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Stanley O. Ayodeji
Stanley O. Ayodeji is a writer, performer and poet. His novel Damage Limitation was published by CreateSpace in 2014. His first collection of poetry After the Riot, Quiet was published by CreateSpace in the same year. He is a collaborator in the We4Poets network.
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Mary O’Donnell
Mary O’Donnell is a novelist, short story writer and poet whose most recent poetry collection is Those April Fevers (Arc Publications, 2015). In 2001 she was elected to Aosdana, the organisation that honours artists engaged in literature, music and the visual arts who have made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland. She lives and works in County Kildare in Ireland.
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