North by North-East Mohamed Metwalli Jonathan Davidson on learning Peter

Jonathan Davidson on learning Peter Didsbury by heart and Neil Curry on Edward Thomas – as well as the ever-popular Blind Criticism and Poets I Go Back To features

In addition to his many poetry collections he published two much admired volumes of short stories and three books for children

Susannah Tarbush In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

Omar Abulqasim Alkikli

and he edited Ted Hughes: Selected Translations for Faber

North by North-East Mohamed Metwalli Jonathan Davidson on learning PeterThe North East has long been a stronghold for writers and poets, home to many of the countrys most active small presses, Flambard, Mslexia, IRON and of course Bloodaxe, home to the nations largest literary award (from The Northern Rock Foundation), and home also to a whole host of talented poets either born there or attracted there by the regions active literary scene. This extensive anthology features the work of more than 40 poets resident in the