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Biographies

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 850 historical and contemporary poets. In our pages you’ll find old favourites alongside twenty-first century voices – everyone from WH Auden to Belinda Zhawi. 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.

  • River Wolton

    River Wolton is a Derbyshire-based poet and meditation practitioner. She has published five poetry collections, most recently Year (Smith/Doorstop, 2022). Her latest non-fiction book is The Subtle Art of Caring: A Guide to Sustaining Compassion (Windhorse Publications 2023).

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  • James Womack

    James Womack is a writer and translator. He studied Russian, English and translation at university. His first poetry collection Misprint was published by Carcanet in 2012 and his collection On Trust: A Book of Lies in 2017. He teaches Spanish Literature and Translation at Cambridge University and has translated several books from Spanish and Russian.

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  • Jennifer Wong

    Jennifer Wong is a UK-based poet and translator who was born in Hong Kong. Her most recent poetry collection 回家 Letters Home was published by Nine Arches Press in 2020. Her work has also appeared in journals including The Rialto, Oxford Poetry and Asian Cha as well as various anthologies.

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  • John Woodall

    John Woodall’s poetry pamphlet This is Just to Say was published by Offa’s Press in 2018. In 2022, he was the Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Slam Champion.

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  • Gregory Woods

    Gregory Woods was born in Cairo in 1953, moving to the south of England in 1961. Holding two doctorates, he was the first person in Britain to hold the post of Professor of Gay and Lesbian Studies, which he was appointed to at Nottingham Trent University. He has published five poetry collections, all with Carcanet Press.

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  • Lizette Woodworth Reese

    Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856 – 1935) was an American poet and teacher. Her writing career began with A Branch of May after which she went on to publish eight further collections. She also produced two memoirs and an autobiographical novel. In 1931 she became Poet Laureate of Maryland, the state where she lived for most of her life.

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