Paul Batchelor
Paul Batchelor has been described as “a poet free of contemporary orthodoxies” (Sunday Times). He was born in Northumberland in 1977. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2003. His pamphlet, To Photograph a Snow Crystal, appeared in 2005 from Smith Doorstop, and his first full-length collection, The Sinking Road (Bloodaxe) was published in 2008 and shortlisted for the Jerwood-Aldeburgh Best First Collection prize and the Glen Dimplex Prize for Best First Collection. He teaches creative writing for the Poetry School and reviews poetry and literary fiction for the Times.
