Short Biography
Dr Alice Tarbuck is an award-winning poet and writer. Her debut non-fiction book A Spell in the Wild: a year (and six centuries) of Magic is published by Hodder & Stoughton. With Claire Askew, she is the co-editor of The Modern Craft, published by Watkins. She is a previous winner of the Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Award for poetry, and recipient of their award for programming. She has taught Creative Writing at the Universities of Dundee and York, and is a Lead Reader for Open Book. Alice is currently Writer in Residence on the AHRC funded Print Matters project at the University of York. She splits her time between Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.
Long Biography
Alice Tarbuck read English Literature at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and completed her AHRC funded doctorate on the work of Thomas A. Clark at the University of Dundee.
Her debut non-fiction book A Spell in the Wild: a year (and six centuries) of Magic is published by Hodder & Stoughton and was shortlisted for the ASLA nature writing award. With Claire Askew, she is the co-editor of The Modern Craft, published by Watkins. She is a previous winner of the Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Award for poetry, and recipient of their award for programming. Her first poetry pamphlet, Grid, was published by Sad Press. As part of 12: A Women’s Writing Collective, she has appears in two recent anthologies published by Main Point Press – Spaces Open: Poems for West Port Garden, and Pink Witch. Recent publications include Gutter, Pissoir and Tears in the Fence. Recent readings include Loud Poets, StAnza poetry festival and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
She has taught Creative Writing at the Universities of Dundee and York, and is a Lead Reader for literacy charity Open Book. Alice is currently Writer in Residence on the AHRC funded Print Matters project at the University of York. She splits her time between Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.
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Alice Tarbuck 