ELIZABETH PARKER grew up in The Forest Of Dean and now lives on the harbour in Bristol. Both places inspire her writing. She has been published in Magma, The Interpreter’s House, Raceme, The Stony Thursday Book, Southword and Agenda. She has been shortlisted for The Bridport Poetry Prize, The Melita Hume Prize and The Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition and was a prizewinner in the 2016 Troubadour International Poetry Prize.

Her debut poetry pamphlet Antinopolis was published by Eyewear Poetry in 2016 and her poem ‘Rivers’ was featured in the Eyewear anthology The Best New British and Irish Poets 2016. Her first full poetry collection will be published by Seren in April 2018.

Elizabeth’s poem for Dusk, Dusurah, will be read at Bristol on Dcember 21st.