{"id":4284,"date":"2025-02-23T15:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/?page_id=4284"},"modified":"2025-02-23T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T19:49:12","slug":"poets-published-by-oversteps-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/professional\/oversteps-books\/poets-published-by-oversteps-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Poets published by Oversteps Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Jean Atkin<\/b> Not Lost Since Last Time\u00a0(2013)<br \/>\nJean Atkin\u2019s poetry teems with images of the natural world, and is rooted in personal history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>R V Bailey<\/b> Credentials (2012)<br \/>\nR V Bailey has had several collections published, some with her late partner, U A Fanthorpe. Her wit and sensitivity make this collection a delight.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Michael Bayley<\/b> The Art of the Handkerchief\u00a0(2014<br \/>\n\u201cMichael Bayley\u2019s first full-length collection reveals a poet of assurance and fluid deliberation.\u201d Penny Shuttle.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Denise Bennett<\/b> Parachute Silk (2015)<br \/>\nDenise teaches creative writing at Portsmouth College of Adult Education and she won the Poetry Society\u2019s inaugural Hamish Canham prize. She writes in response to place, history and people, and describes her work as broadly spiritual.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Charles Bennett <\/b> Evenlode (2013)<br \/>\nCharles Bennett, who leads the Creative Writing BA at Northampton University, has collaborated with musicians, photographers and artists, and was the first Director of the Ledbury Poetry.Festival.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Rebecca Bilkau <\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Weather Notes <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(201<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Instructions for a quiet life (2018)<br \/>\nBorn and bred in England, Rebecca now lives much of the time in Germany and her poetry sometimes wrestles with the difficulties, joys and challenges of this dualism. There is also much warmth and humour in her work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Patricia Bishop <\/b> Saving Dragons (2000)<br \/>\nPatricia Bishop was born and brought up in London but has lived in various places since \u2013 Cornwall, Kent, Surrey and now Gloucestershire. She has been published in magazines and anthologies and her work has been read on Radio 4 and various local radio stations. She has taken part in poetry festivals throughout the country.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Anne Born <\/b> Singing Granites (2008) with Glen Phillips<br \/>\nAnne Born (1924-2011) was a poet and prize-winning translator. As well as writing twelve books of poetry and history, she translated over fifty books from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. She was born in Sussex, educated at Copenhagen and Oxford universities and lived for many years in South Devon. She was the Founding Editor of Oversteps Books.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Sue Boyle<\/b> Safe Passage (2015)<br \/>\nSue Boyle\u2019s rich and musical poetry sparkles with wit and wisdom. As well as being a prolific poet herself, she runs the Poetry Caf\u00e9 in Bath, with its programme of readings and writing days<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Melanie Branton<\/b> My Cloth-Eared Heart (2017)<br \/>\nMelanie Branton\u2019s success as a performance poet enlivens this snappy yet sensitive collection. Direct, personal and witty, <i>My Cloth-Eared Heart<\/i> will delight.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>David Broadbridge<\/b> Something in Writing (2017)<br \/>\nDavid Broadbridge is a poet and translator. On leaving Oxford University , he worked in education in Denmark and England. His book <i>Treading the Dance<\/i>, is a translation of Danish Medieval Ballads (Stacey, 2011), which was longlisted for the Popescu prize (2011) and described by Seamus Heaney as \u2018beautifully produced and seriously enjoyable.\u2019 He has been widely published in magazines and journals and a number of his poems have been set to music by Christopher Gower and Richard Elfyn Jones.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Maggie Butt <\/b> Ally Pally Prison Camp (2011)<br \/>\nMaggie Butt has produced historical documentaries for BBC TV, and is now Associate Dean at Middlesex University.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Caroline Carver<\/b> Cannonball with feathers (2022) Three Hares (2009)<br \/>\nCaroline Carver was conceived in New Zealand, born in England, lived in Bermuda, Jamaica and Canada, has travelled widely in Europe. She now lives in Cornwall. Her poetry is inspired by all of these countries, plus the fact that she has been a skier, climber and sailor. She won the National Poetry Competition in 1998.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Ian Royce Chamberlain <\/b> Vertigo &amp; Beeswax (2017)<br \/>\nIan Royce Chamberlain is a member of Moor Poets and the co-founder of the Teignmouth Poetry Festival. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>A C Clarke<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> A troubling woman (2017) Fr Meslier\u2019s Confession (2012) Messages of Change (2008) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.overstepsbooks.com\/cat\/fr-mesliers-confession\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a>A C Clarke\u2019s many awards include the Royal Literary Fund Mentoring Scheme (2005), the Petra Kenney Award (2005) and the Brownsbank International Poetry Competition ( 2007). <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She has been<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> short-listed for the Hamish Canham Award and commended in the National Poetry Competition. She is an active member of Scottish PEN, was the <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Makar<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> for the Federation of Writers (Scotland) for 2007-2008 . <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">S<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">he lives in Glasgow.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Ross Cogan<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> The Book I Never Wrote (2012) Stalin\u2019s Desk (2005)<br \/>\nRoss Cogan studied philosophy at various universities. His poetry and essays are widely published in journals and he won a Gregory Award in 1999. Ross is the Creative Director of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>James Cole <\/b> From The Blue (2002)<br \/>\nJames Cole has lived in the West Country for all of his life. He gets much of his inspiration from walking on Dartmoor and from the sea and coastline of the South West. He is a member of the Company of Poets and has had poems published in their anthologies. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Robert Cole<\/b> Spool (2013)<br \/>\nRobert Cole has lived in India, Mexico and France, and the cultures of these different countries are reflected in his poetry. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Chris Considine <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Strange Days (2022)<br \/>\nAfter a teaching career in Bedford and several years spent in rural North Yorkshire, Chris Considine <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">mved to live<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> in Plymouth, overlooking the Sound <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and now lives in Totnes<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">. Some of her poems recall the Yorkshire countryside, others give tantalising glimpses of a Breton cottage she visits, while others shine a light on real people, past and present. <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Strange Days<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> is Chris\u2019s sixth collection. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Christopher Cook<\/b> For and Against Nature (2000)<br \/>\nAs well as being a poet, Christopher Cook is also an artist whose work has been exhibited in the UK, USA, China and Japan. He has been a Visiting Fellow to the Ruskin School, Oxford, and Distinguished Visiting artist to CalSate University, USA; and he is now a Reader in Painting at the University of Plymouth.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Rose Cook<\/strong> Taking Flight (2009)<br \/>\nRose is well-known as a poetry performer, not only in her native Devon but in venues all over the UK. She was co-founder of the poetry performance group Dangerous Cardigans and for a number of years co-presented Totnes\u2019 One Night Stanza with Matt Harvey. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Devon, and has appeared in magazines. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>John Daniel<\/b> Lighting the fire (2015) Skinning the Bull (2012)<br \/>\nJohn Daniel is a poet and artist whose poetry has appeared in a number of anthologies. He has also written a memoir, <i>Grown Up War<\/i>. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Miriam Darlington<\/b> Windfalls (2008)<br \/>\nMiriam Darlington\u2019s poems have appeared in journals and anthologies across the UK. She is an English teacher and lives in Devon where she also works as a freelance writer. She performs at open mic events, at festivals (including at Glastonbury) in a duo called \u2018The Honeytongues\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Will Daunt <\/b> Running out of England (1999)<br \/>\nPersonal website: www.freewebs.com\/willdauntpoetry <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Sue Davies <\/b> Split the lark (2021) Blue Water Caf\u00e9 (2014)<br \/>\nSue Davies offers us tender but sometimes searingly honest reflections on human relationships, alongside sharp observations of nature. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Carol DeVaughn<\/b> Life Class (2018)<br \/>\nThe poet looking at art, and the artist looking at the poet in her time as a life-class model. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Sally Festing<\/b> Doors Opening (2016)<br \/>\nThrough her rich and varied poetry, Sally Festing opens doors to nature, to different cultures, to personal relationships and to art.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Rose Flint<\/b> A Prism for the Sun (2015)<br \/>\nIn \u2018A Prism for the Sun\u2019, Rose Flint celebrates the interconnections between poetry, landscape and health.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Rebecca Gethin <\/b> River is the Plural of Rain (2009)<br \/>\nRebecca\u2019s poems have appeared in numerous publications, and she gives regular readings around Devon. She lives on Dartmoor, but also spends time in the Italian Maritime Alps, where her ancestors lived; and both of these areas are reflected in her poetry. She teaches creative writing to prisoners, and has written a novel. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Terry Gifford<\/b> Al Otro Lado del Aguilar (2011) with Christopher North<br \/>\nTerry Gifford lives on the opposite side of the mountain from Christopher North. Both of them have a deep knowledge of the area from many walking and climbing expeditions; and both of them are widely-published poets. Assisted by translators from the University of Alicante and from Madrid, Terry and Christopher have produced this bi-lingual book of poetry that focuses on this particular area of Spain. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Giles Goodland<\/b> Littoral (1996)<br \/>\nGiles Goodland has written several books of poetry, among them Littoral (Oversteps, 1996), A Spy in the House of Years (Leviathan, 2001) and Capital (Salt, 2006). He lives in London and is a lexicographer. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Cora Greenhill <\/b> The Point of Waking (2013)<br \/>\nCora Greenhill lives in the Peak District and Crete, and inspiration from both is evident in this collection.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>David Grubb<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> An Alphabet of Light (1992)<br \/>\nPoetry collections include <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Memory of Rooms<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Elephant In The Room<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Out Of The Marvellous<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It Comes With A Bit Of Song<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">. Runner up in 2007 Bridport short story competition. Tutor of Creative Writing at University of Reading, the River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames, Norden Farm. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Charles Hadfield <\/b> The Nothing We Sink or Swim In (2002)<br \/>\nCharles Hadfield has published four poetry collections: Border Disputes (1995) and Inventing Waterfalls (1997) from Salzburg University Press, Reflections (1998) from Mirage Press with photographer Marina Wilson, and The Nothing We Sink or Swim In (2002) from Oversteps. After over twenty-five years working and travelling in France, China, Tibet, Madagascar, and several African countries, he emigrated to New Zealand where he now teaches at Auckland University. With his wife Jill he has published two travel books: Watching the Dragon, Letters from China 1983-85 (1986) and A Winter in Tibet (1988) both from Impact Books. His published teaching books include Writing Games and Reading Games, both from Longman, and the Oxford Basics series including Introduction to Teaching English (2008). <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Oz Hardwick<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> The Illuminated Dreamer (2010)<br \/>\nOz Hardwick is a York-based writer, photographer, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">academic<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and occasional musician. As well as two well-received poetry collections, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Kind Ghosts<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (2004) and<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Carrying Fire<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (2006), he has published in international literary journals and performed throughout Europe and the US. He has also published widely on art and literary history and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">teaches<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> at Leeds Trinity University College. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Jan Harris<\/b> Mute Swans on the Cam (2020)<br \/>\nJan Harris enjoyed a rural childhood in Nottinghamshire and her love of the countryside shines through her poetry, which is expressed through the medium of a wide range of poetic forms.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Ken Head<\/b> Prospero\u2019s Bowl (2013)<br \/>\n\u2018Prospero\u2019s Bowl\u2019 is Ken Head\u2019s first full collection. He lives in Cambridge and, as well as writing poetry himself, he is a reviewer of new poetry for Ink, Sweat and Tears. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Bill Headdon<\/b> picardy.com (2003)<br \/>\nBill Headdon was born in North Cornwall, one of twelve children, he trained as a mason\/bricklayer and now lives in Kent. An award winning poet, he has been published in magazines and anthologies with poets such as Hardy, Causley, Clemo, Hughes, MacDiarmid, Motion, and others. picardy.com is his sixth collection of poetry. He founded and edited LINKS Magazine, and has also been an assistant editor of Envoi. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Graham High<\/b> The Range-Finder\u2019s Field Glasses (2011)<br \/>\nIn Graham High\u2019s new book we witness the clear eye of the artist as he addresses a wide range of subjects, in poetry that ranges from the \u00a0tender to the erotic. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Doreen Hinchliffe<\/b> Substantial Ghosts (2020)<br \/>\nDoreen Hinchliffe comes from Yorkshire, where she taught English for several years before moving to London. She has been published in a number of anthologies, as well as in such magazines as Acumen, Magma, Mslexia and Poetry News. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Jenny Hockey<\/b> Going to bed with the moon (2019)<br \/>\nJenny Hockey received a New Poets Award from New Writing North in 2013, soon after retiring from a Chair in Sociology at the University of Sheffield. Many of the poems in this collection explore experiences of grief and loss, love and remembering, mirroring her academic research and writing in these areas.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Jenny Hope<\/b> Petrolhead (2010)<br \/>\nJenny\u2019s poetry has been published in a number of small-press magazines including Envoi, The Rialto, Obsessed by Pipework, and on Daisy Goodwin\u2019s website. As well as poems about various relationships and family members, and observations of nature, this first collection also includes poems on such subjects as electricity and tarmac, a man whose greatest love is lavished on his car, and a pleasing section on food. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Susan Jordan<\/b> I never think dark will come (2021)<br \/>\nSusan Jordan, who lives very near to Dartmoor, has been a leading light in Moor Poets for some years. In this collection, she focuses on the light and dark of life in poems that are honest and illuminating. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Ann Kelley<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Telling the Bees (2012) Because We Have Reached That Place (2006) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/overstepsbooks.com\/cat\/because-we-have-reached-that-place\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ann is a p<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">oet and author: Paper Whites (poems with photographs) London Magazine Editions 2001; Because We Have Reached That Place, Oversteps 2006. Burying Beetle (novel) Luath Press, shortlisted for Brandford Boase Award 2005; Bowerbird (novel) Luath Press, Costa Children\u2019s Book of the Year 2007. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Helen Kitson<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Tesserae (2003)<br \/>\nHelen Kitson lives in Worcester. Her big breakthrough came in 1992 when her pamphlet Seeing\u2019s <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Believing <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">was nominated for the Forward First Collection Prize. She writes poetry, short fiction, and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a novel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Wendy Klein <\/b> Mood Indigo (2016)<br \/>\nWhether writing about family or distant countries and traditions, Wendy\u2019s work is clear, sharp and harmonious. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Kathleen Kummer<\/b> Living below sea level (2012)<br \/>\nKathleen Kummer has worked as a translator in London and Amsterdam, and taught in France, England and the Netherlands. The poems in this book reflect both Kathleen\u2019s international experience and her acute observation of the everyday and familiar. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Marianne Larsen<\/b> A Common Language (2006)<br \/>\nMarianne Larsen was born in Kalundborg, Denmark. She has written several volumes of poetry, a number of novels, and books for children and drama. Marianne Larsen has poems translated into 15 languages, and volumes of her poetry has come out in England, USA, Sweden and Australia. She lives in Copenhagen. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Patricia Leighton<\/b> Hidden (2019)<br \/>\nPatricia celebrates\u00a0the wonders of everyday life, revealing the beauty and mystery that\u00a0lie beneath\u00a0what we so easily\u00a0take for granted. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Genista Lewes<\/b> Cat\u2019s Cradle (2007)<br \/>\nGenista Lewes has published poetry in the small press, in anthologies and been heard on Radio 4\u2019s \u2018Poetry Please\u2019. She has achieved success in competitions and reads her poetry in the West Country and elsewhere. Genista is a member of Fire River Poets group, based in Taunton. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Anne Lewis-Smith<\/b> Every Seventh Wave (2006)<br \/>\nAnne is a poet and journalist, who has edited five magazines over 30 years (including Envoi). Her first poem appeared in the Daily Mail when she was eight. Eleven collections of her poetry have been published. She has been involved with ballooning for forty years (receiving the Tissandier and Debbie Warley Awards); and she lives half-way up a mountain in Wales. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Dana Littlepage Smith<\/b> What Love Requires (2020)<br \/>\nDana Littlepage Smith is an American who has lived with her husband in Devon for 20 years. She is a Quaker who has published four previous books and has collaborated with South West writers in Secret Rooms, a book against domestic violence. She spends as much time as possible outside in the healing presence of trees, seas and other creatures and in this new collection she celebrates love in its many forms. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Janet Loverseed <\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Shadow Shop (2016)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\nJanet Loverseed is well-known in the literary circles of the North West. She has been published in magazines and anthologies and in her pamphlet entitled <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Under-Ripe Banana<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Mary Maher<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Green Darlings (2006)<br \/>\nMary\u2019s\u00a0first collection was shortlisted for The Forward\u00a0Prize\u00a0and used by The Hospice Care Trust in its training courses and her third, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cold Flushes<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> is used by California State University. She was a \u201cWH\u00a0Smith\u00a0Poet\u201d in schools and more recently was selected as an \u201cAlternative Generation Poet\u201d (Staple).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Antony Mair<\/b> Let the wounded speak (2018)<br \/>\nAntony Mair has written poetry all his life, while working in the legal profession and as an estate agent in France. His poetry touches on a wide variety of subjects, including slavery, gay identity, war, Muslim radicalisation and abuse in the Roman Catholic church. Above all, he believes that love brings healing and hope.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Alwyn Marriage<\/b> festo (2012) Touching earth (2007)<br \/>\nAlwyn has been a university philosophy lecturer, editor of a journal and chief executive of two international literacy and literature NGOs, and she took over from Anne Born as Managing Editor of Oversteps Books in 2008. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Marie Marshall <\/b> I am not a fish (2013)<br \/>\nThis is a highly unusual collection, with a rich collection of characters including Mr\u00a0Coelacanth (who claims that he is not a fish), the Lamb of Tartary, the Old-man-of-the-woods and the reputed imputed man. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Fokkina McDonnell <\/b> Another life (2016)<br \/>\nA clear eye and a musical ear make this first collection not to be missed. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Joan McGavin <\/b> Passing Arcadia Close (2017) Flannelgraphs (2011)<br \/>\nJoan McGavin is an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Winchester and is on the committee of Writers in Southampton. Her poetry has appeared in Peterloo 3, Poems in Waiting Room and on Radio 4\u2019s Poetry Please. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Denise McSheehy<\/b> The Plate Spinner (2017)<br \/>\nThese graceful and ethereal poems are also full of substance. The language is so delicate that you may feel you can float on the poems, but you will find there is much of substance that will keep you returning to the poems again and again. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Moor Poets and Contemporary Markmakers<\/b> Unearthing Dartmoor (2023)<br \/>\nDevon\u2019s Moor Poets and the artists, Contemporary Markmakers, spent two years working together on Dartmoor. They laughed and picnicked together, were drenched by relentless rain and enjoyed many warm sunny days. They witnessed the birth of a foal, heard countless cuckoos, met wild campers, stood silently among ancient stones, granite circles and burial cairns, walked the lengths of double and triple stone rows and followed mediaeval leats (human-hewn water courses running along land contours).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They traced Bronze Age reave field systems on Holne Moor that demarcate some of the earliest enclosures of farmland in Europe; sat within the ruins of a 13th century farming village at the Hut Holes; heard about the challenges of traditional upland farming and the rewards of meadow rewilding; and watched many moorland birds leaving and returning.As well as an exhibition of their work at the Dartmoor National Park Visitors\u2019 Centre from 1st July to 29th September 2013, Oversteps has published this beautiful 120-page full-cover book of the poetry and art created during the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Andrew Nightingale<\/b> The Big Wheel (2009)<br \/>\nThe Big Wheel includes visual poems (\u201cWord death mandalas\u201d and \u201cMaps of my hermetic future\u201d), a poem made from poker dice permutations, an&#8230; <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Christopher North <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> The Night Surveyor (2014) Al Otro Lado del Aguilar with Terry Gifford (2011) Explaining the Circumstances (2010)<br \/>\nChristopher has published widely and has won a glittering array of prizes for his poetry. His work has universality, strength and wit; and even when he is being playful, his poetry sings with lyrical expression and an understanding of human nature. With his wife Marisa, Christopher facilitates the poetry writing retreats in his art centre, Almassera Vella, in Spain. Christopher has <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">also<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> collaborated with Terry Gifford to produce a bi-lingual book about the area of Eastern Spain where they both live and write. <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Al Otro Lado del Aguilar i<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">s a collection of<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">poems and conversations written by Christopher and Terry and translated into Spanish by a team of translators from Alicante University and Madrid.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/overstepsbooks.com\/poets\/david-olsen\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>David Olsen<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> After Hopper &amp; Lange (2021)<br \/>\nDavid Olsen has been an energy economist, management consultant, and performing arts critic and now works as a poet and playwright. He has lived in Oxford, England, since 2002. In <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>After Hopper &amp; Lange<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, David\u2019s responds creatively to paintings by Edward Hopper and other painters, and to photographs by Hopper\u2019s contemporary, the photographer Dorothea Lange. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Jennie Osborne <\/b> Colouring outside the lines (2015) How to be Naked (2010)<br \/>\nJennie\u2019s work has been widely published in national magazines, and she is well-known as a poetry performer, particularly in the South West. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Helen Overell<\/b> Thumbprints (2015)<br \/>\nHelen Overell brings to her poetry a keen eye, a musician\u2019s ear and a keen intelligence. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Mandy Pannett<\/b> Frost Hollow (2006) Bee Purple (2002)<br \/>\nMandy Pannett teaches English to pupils with a range of abilities and leads creative writing workshops in various parts of the country. She runs an Arts Cafe and is involved in working with local writing groups. Her work has been widely published in the UK, Europe, Canada and the States as well as on line.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Melanie Penycate<\/b> Feeding Humming Birds (2009)<br \/>\nMelanie lives in a small cottage next to a former village forge which is converted into an outlet for local art. She has been writing all her life, but became seriously involved after joining Wey Poets in Guildford, chairing this group for some years before moving to West Sussex. She divides her time between writing, teaching Psychology and the demands of the gallery. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>W H Petty<\/b> But Someone Liked Them (2009)<br \/>\nW H Petty was formerly President of the Society of Education Officers and was appointed CBE for services to Education. He held a D.Litt from the University of Kent, and served as Chair of what is now Canterbury Christ Church University. His poems have been widely published and successful in a number of competitions and his previous collections have all been well received. He used to review poetry for several literary journals.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Glen Phillips<\/b> Singing Granites (2008) with Anne Born<br \/>\nGlen Phillips is a nationally and internationally published Australian poet, Adjunct Associate Professor of English at Edith Cowan University, Director of the International Centre for Landscape and Language and author and editor of numerous books. His poems and stories have been published in more than 50 journals, anthologies and newspapers around the world and translated into several languages. He has written both about and with the poet John Kinsella. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Sue Proffit<\/b>t Open after dark (2017)<br \/>\nThe day this first collection was published also happened, by coincidence, to be the day that Sue Proffitt won first prize in the Teignmouth Poetry Festival. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Simon Richey<\/b> Naming the Tree (2014)<br \/>\nAlthough Simon Richey\u2019s work has been published widely in magazines, <i>Naming the Tree<\/i> was his first collection. The language is precise and opens our eyes both to the wonders of the world around us and to the mystery and power of language. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Lynn Roberts<\/b> A brush with poetry (2014)<br \/>\nThis is a book of poems about paintings in the National Gallery, London, accompanied by reproductions of the works, by courtesy of the National Gallery. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Mary Robinson <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Trace (2020)<br \/>\nMary Robinson\u2019s poetry publications include <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Art of<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gardening<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, her recent <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alphabet Poems<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and two pamphlets, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Uist<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Waulking Song<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Out of Time<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">. She grew up on an off-grid\u00a0smallholding in Warwickshire, lectured in English Literature in\u00a0Cumbria and now lives on the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ll<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">y<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">n <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Peninsula in North Wales\u00a0where she concentrates on writing. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Elisabeth Rowe <\/b> Timewise \u00a0(2019) Taking Shape (2013) Thin Ice (2010)<br \/>\nElisabeth, who lives on Dartmoor, read English at Oxford and has worked as a teacher, a Citizens\u2019 Advice Bureau Manager and a social worker. This poet has an uncanny knack of searching out the dark, as well as the light, aspects of humanity; and she enjoys writing satirical verse as well as her more serious poetry. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Ron Scowcroft <\/b> Second Glance (2022)<br \/>\nOriginally from Greater Manchester, Ron has lived in the Lancaster area since 1985. After a career in teaching and several years in academic research he began writing poetry in 2006. He gained his PhD (JG Ballard and visual art) in 1997. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, prize winners\u2019 anthologies and literary websites. Ron won first prize in the Frogmore Competition (2020), joint first prize in the McLellan Poetry Competition (2013) and has been highly commended in The Yorkshire Open (2012) and by Magma (2011). His poems have been longlisted twice in the National Poetry Competition and have gained longlistings from Strokestown and Bridport. Ron is a founder member of Lancaster based April Poets.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Ann Segrave<\/b> Persimmon (2014) Aviatrix (2009)<br \/>\nAnn, who lives in Sussex, has been deeply influenced by the South Downs; but she is equally at home writing about France or Crete. Her observations are exact and illuminating as she paints her vivid word pictures. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Richard Skinner<\/b> A brief poetry of time (2016)<br \/>\nThis book celebrates the immediate, the temporal and the eternal. The second half of the book comprises a series of sonnets on the theme of time. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Jane Spiro <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> is a gateway (2018) Playing for Time (2015)<br \/>\nOf Jane\u2019s previous collection, \u2018<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Playing for time<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u2018, Roselle Angwin wrote: \u2018What shines through this collection is Spiro\u2019s warm engagement with the world. Whether she\u2019s talking about or to another human, reflecting on a church or a Norman castle, or speaking to a deer struck by her car, there\u2019s a kind of clear-sighted perceptiveness that is always refracted through the lens of her humanity and compassion. Below that is a keen love for the world; one that is willing to be hurt by and to heal through the things of the world, without the author falling into sentimentality.\u2019 Jane\u2019s second Oversteps collection<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, \u2018<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">is a gateway<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u2018,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> continues to tackle large issues, juxtaposed with cameos of intimate daily life. Often bringing to notice the horrors of war and discrimination, she also rejoices in the small beauties all around us.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Robert Stein<\/b> The Very End of Air (2011)<br \/>\nRobert Stein reviews contemporary classical music for Tempo and International Record Review. He reflects on, and in some cases converses with, such historical characters as Keats, Turner, Beethoven and Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Anne Stewart<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> The Janus Hour (2010)<br \/>\nAnne is the founder of <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrypf.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.poetrypf.co.uk<\/a>, which showcases many of the best poets writing today. She is also the Administrator for the Second Light Network. She won the Bridport Prize in 2008, and her poetry has been translated into German, Italian and Romanian. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Angela Stoner<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> The Mazemaker\u2019s Daughters (2016)\u00a0 Weight and Flight (2010)<br \/>\nAngela Stoner\u2019s work is inspired by the landscape of Cornwall. She runs courses in the healing power of writing and has contributed articles to journals and publications on this subject. Her poetry has been commended in Second Light, Poetry Cornwall, Great Trees of Cornwall, St. Petroc\u2019s and Poetry on the Lake competitions. She regularly performs her work at festivals, and her book, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Once in a Blue Moon<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, was published by Fal Publications in 2005. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>John Stuart<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Word of mouth (2009)<br \/>\nJohn Stuart chairs the Somerset poets\u2019 group, Fire River Poets, and runs the Poetry at The Brewhouse series of readings and poetry caf\u00e9s. He speaks French, German and Russian; and he is at present working on some translations of <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Rilke\u2019s Duino Elegies<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">. John is a member of Fire River Poets group, based in Taunton. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Paul Surman <\/b> Places (2018)<br \/>\nPaul Surman\u2019s first collection takes us to real and imaginary places, celebrating both the natural world and what it is to be a person in that world.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Michael Swan<\/b> The Shapes of Things (2011)<br \/>\nMichael Swan works in English language teaching and applied linguistics. His poetry has been published widely in magazines, and he has won a number of prizes <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Diane Tang <\/b> Sideways from the Shore (2012)<br \/>\nDiane Tang started life in the US and moved to England in the 1970s. One of her unusual poems tells the story of a dog being put down for killing a baby; but such dark subjects are balanced with lively descriptions of the world and of human relationships. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Susan Taylor<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Temporal Bones (2016) A Small Wave for Your Form (2012) The Suspension of the Moon (2009)<br \/>\nSusan Taylor farmed in Lincolnshire until she was 30 and now lives with her husband, the poet Simon Williams, on the southern edge of Dartmoor. Her writing draws its moods from the natural world \u2013 its shifting patterns and constant energy. Susan holds a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. She runs regular poetry workshops in Totnes, and\u00a0received a Tarka Country Millennium Award for her collaborative performance project, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Reclaiming the Myths of Dartmoor<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Michael Thomas <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Come to Pass (2014)<br \/>\nThe collection is divided into series of poems around themes: Black Countries, Calls and Responses, The Gather-man, Shelter Poems and Exits. Many are sustained reflections, and several present an unusual slant on a familiar story or character, including <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jesus on the Strand<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Feast of Jude <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Gather-man<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> who prepares the soon-to-die. As well as his previous poetry collections, Michael Thomas has published three novels. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>John Torrance<\/b> Waterwheel (2013)<br \/>\nThis beautiful book moves from elegantly expressed sadness at the death of a best friend and the deepening dementia and subsequent death of the poet\u2019s wife, to the joy of new life and love in partnership with the widow of the friend who died. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Mark Totterdell <\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This Patter of Traces<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (2014) <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\nMark combines a clear and precise observation of the natural world with a passion for language and words. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>James Turner <\/b> A Chance of Love (2015)<br \/>\nJames Turner stands in the long tradition of sonnet poets, but there is a surprising amount of variation in both the form and the content of his sonnets. James is already well-known as a performer in the West Country, but this book will bring him to the attention \u2013 and admiration \u2013 of readers far and wide. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Anthony Watts <\/b> The Shell Gatherer (2011)<br \/>\nRural Somerset has been Anthony\u2019s home for most of his life and he has no plans to leave it. He has won several prizes for his poetry and been published in magazines and anthologies. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Christine Whittemore<\/b> Sudden Arabesque (2017)<br \/>\nThis collection ranges from fine sonnets, through a variety of other forms, to prose poems.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Simon Williams<\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Inti<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(2016) A Place Where Odd Animals Stand\u00a0(2012) Quirks (2006)<br \/>\nSimon Williams began writing poetry at Loughborough University, where he worked under the influence of the two resident poets, Roger McGough and Pete Morgan. He has developed a poetic voice which flexes into disparate characters with subtlety, wit and affection. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He lives <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on Dartmoor, performs regularly and often enhances his readings with acapella songs.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Atkin Not Lost Since Last Time\u00a0(2013) Jean Atkin\u2019s poetry teems with images of the natural world, and is rooted in personal history.&nbsp; R V Bailey Credentials (2012) R V Bailey has had several collections published, some with her late partner, U A Fanthorpe. 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