Abegail Morley

Abegail Morley’s debut collection How to Pour Madness into a Teacup was shortlisted for the Forward Prize Best First Collection. Her Pindrop titles Snow Child and Eva and George appeared subsequently. She has also published a pamphlet, The Memory of Water, and her most recent collection is The Skin Diary. She is co-founder of Ekphrasis along with Emer Gillespie and Catherine Smith, Canterbury Poet of the Year. She blogs at The Poetry Shed.

She was nominated for the London Best New Poet Award 2010 and has won or been placed in various competitions including the Cinnamon Press Poetry Collection Award; Agenda Poetry; The Frogmore Prize; and the Canterbury Festival Competition. Her work appears in a wide range of journals including Anon, Assent, Envoi, Financial Times, The Frogmore Papers, Ink Sweat and Tears, The Interpreter's House, Iota, New Walk Magazine, Other Poetry, Poetry Review, The SHOp, Snakeskin and The Spectator.

She is also in the following anthologies: The Forward Book of Poetry (2011); Balancing Act and Other Poems (2011); Did I Tell You? 131 Poems for Children in Need (2010); The Sandhopper Lover and Other Stories (2009).