Peter Bennet has published numerous books of poetry, including Sky Riding (1984); All The Real (1994); and Goblin Lawn: New & Selected Poems, which was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation in Autumn 2005. The Glass Swarm (Flambard Press) was the Poetry Book Society Choice in Autumn 2008 and shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Since its publication, he has published two retrospectives with Bloodaxe Books: Border (2013); and Nayler & Folly Wood (2023), which was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation. He has received major awards from New Writing North and Arts Council England and been a prizewinner in the National and the Arvon International Poetry Competitions, and in the Basil Bunting Awards. Peter lived for thirty-three years near the Wild Hills o’Wanney in Northumberland, in a cottage associated with the ballad writer James Armstrong, author of Wannie Blossoms. He now lives in North Shields.
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