Simon Barraclough

Simon Barraclough is an English poet.

Life
Barraclough was born and raised in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He studied literature in Nottingham and Brighton. He moved to London in 1997.

His poems have been published widely in journals and anthologies and he is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. He has been commissioned to write several new pieces for The Film Programme.

Recognition
Barraclough won the poetry section of the London Writers' Prize in 2000. His debut book, Los Alamos Mon Amour, was nominated for Best First Collection in the Forward Prizes of 2008.

Poetry

 * Los Alamos Mon Amour. London: Salt, 2008.
 * ''Bonjour Tetris. London: Penned in the Margins, 2010.
 * Neptune Blue. London: Salt, 2011.

Non-fiction

 * Introductions to Contemporary Poetry (with Luke Kennard & Chris McCabe). Cambridge, UK: Salt, 2010.
 * The Debris Field: Salvaging the Titanic in word, sound and image (with Chris McCabe & Isobel Dixon). London: Sidekick Books, 2013.

Edited

 * Psycho Poetica. London: Sidekick Books, 2012.

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