MATTHEW HOLLIS was born in Norwich in 1971. Ground Water (Bloodaxe 2004), his first full-length collection, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. He published a pamphlet, The Boy on the Edge of Happiness, with Smith/Doorstop in 1996 and won an Eric Gregory Award in 1999. He is co-editor of 101 Poems Against War (Faber, 2003) and Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry (Bloodaxe, 2000), and works as an editor at Faber and Faber. He is Writer-in-Residence at the Wordsworth Trust.
'Hollis writes a knowing, lyrical poetry set against a landscape of big skies and battened-down horizons. He combines worldly wisdom with more detailed, vernacular understanding to produce poems that speak with a sense of purpose and place'
Simon Armitage
Hear Here!Hear Here!, the UK's first classical music listening project, presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society and Classic FM, launches live, online and on air from 1st January 2008. To mark the occasion, a new poem has been commissioned from Matthew Hollis, which can be read and heard by clicking here.
Trees in the City ProjectIn 2007, Lloyd's of London and Poet in the City commissioned Patience Agbabi, John Burnside and Matthew Hollis to write a suite about climate change. To read, listen to, or download the poems click here.
Mon 17–Wed 19 September 2007BUENOS AIRES, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano Buenos Aires
Malba Voices Festival
with Owen Sheers and Jean Sprackland
Details: Mary Godward, tel +54 (0)11 4515 6324
events@britishcouncil.org.ar
http://www.britishcouncil.org
Sat 29 September, 10am–5pmLONDON, Tate Britain
The Printed Path: Landscape, Walking and Recollection
Details: Tate Britain, tel 020 7887 8888
£25 (£18 concessions), booking required
caroline@fvu.co.uk
http://www.tate.org.uk
Thur 11 October 2007LUMB BANK, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
Arvon Foundation
Details: Steve & Caron May, tel 01422 843714
l-bank@arvonfoundation.org
http://www.arvonfoundation.org
Sat 20 October 2007, 3.45pmLONDON, Bloomsbury Festival
with Jamie McKendrick and Maurice Riordan
Details: tel 020 7242 0114
info@bloomsburyfestival.org
http://www.bloomsburyfestival.org
Mon 12 November 2007, 7pmNORWICH, Norfolk
Cafe Writers with Andrea Holland
Details:
tom@cafewriters.org.uk
http://www.cafewriters.fsnet.co.uk
Tues 8 January 2008, 8pmCAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire
CB1 Poetry with Emily Dening
Details: Michaelhouse Trinity Street CB2 1SU
cb1poetry@fastmail.fm
http://www.cb1poetry.org.uk
Mon 4–Sun 10 February 2008DHAKA, Bangladesh
New Silk Route Creative Writing Workshop
with Bernardine Evaristo
Details: Masud Hossain, tel +88 (0)2 861 8905-7
Masud.Hossain@bd.britishcouncil.org
http://www.britishcouncil.org
Tue 11–Wed 12 March 2008ATHENS, Greece
Converging Lines
with Julia Copus, Antony Dunn, and Clare Pollard
Details: Mary Haroyianni, tel +30 210 369 2318
mary.haroyianni@britishcouncil.gr
http://www.britishcouncil.org
Fri 14 March 2008, 5pmST ANDREWS, Fife
Stanza Poetry Festival
with Jane Duran
Details: Parliament Hall, South Street, £6.50/£5.50
info@stanzapoetry.org
http://www.stanzapoetry.org
Sat 31 May 2008, 6pmLONDON, South Bank Centre
Notes into Letters
with Maura Dooley, Daljit Nagra, and Lemn Sissay
Details: The Clore Ballroom, tel 0871 663 2500
customer@southbankcentre.co.uk
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Weds 8 October 2008LUMB BANK, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
Arvon Foundation
Details: Steve & Caron May, tel 01422 843714
l-bank@arvonfoundation.org
http://www.arvonfoundation.org
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