Our poet of the month for October is the wonderful Julia Copus.
Julia's publications include The Shuttered Eye, which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and In Defence of Adultery. Both books are published by Bloodaxe and are Poetry Book Society Recommendations. Julia has won many awards for her poetry, including three Arts Council England Writers Awards and a Hawthornden Fellowship. In 2002, she won First Prize in the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition with 'Breaking the Rule'. Her radio plays include Eenie Meenie Macka Racka (winner of the BBC's Alfred Bradley Award), and The Enormous Radio, which was broadcast on Radio 4 in July of this year.
Julia Copus is a regular tutor for the Poetry School and the Arvon Foundation. She is currently working on her third collection of poetry, and is an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund.
She lives in Somerset.
