Saturday, 17 January 2009

Poet of the Month: Penelope Shuttle


Cyprus Well Stories is delighted that Penelope Shuttle is our poet of the month. Her eighth collection, Redgrove's Wife (Bloodaxe) was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and for the Best Collection Forward Prize.

She is a tutor for the Poetry School, Second Light Network and Lapidus, leading many workshops - including a five day residential at Almaserra Vella in Spain this April - and has been a judge for many competitions, including the Arvon and the National. Her new collection, The Repose of Baghdad, is in preparation.

Penelope lives in Cornwall and is the widow of Peter Redgrove.