Helen Farish is the author of Intimates (Cape Poetry, 2005); Nocturnes at Nohant: The Decade of Chopin and Sand (Bloodaxe Books, 2012); The Dog of Memory (Bloodaxe Books, 2016); and The Penny Dropping (Bloodaxe Books, 2024). Intimates, a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. The Dog of Memory was shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year 2017. Farish was also a Writer of the Year Finalist in the Cumbria Life Culture Awards 2017. Her PhD thesis explored the work of Louise Glück and Sharon Olds. She has taught at Sheffield Hallam University and Lancaster University. Born near Wigton in Cumbria, she now lives in Cumbria. Author photo © Phyllis Christopher
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