Polly Atkin

POLLY ATKIN (FRSL) is a poet and nonfiction writer. Her poetry collections are Basic Nest Architecture (Seren: 2017), Much With Body (Seren: 2021) and Emergency Dream (Seren: 2026). Her nonfiction books include Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth (Saraband: 2021) and Some Of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better (Sceptre: 2023), named Lakeland Book of the Year 2024 and longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2024. She grew up in Nottingham then lived in East London for seven years before moving north to Cumbria. She works as a freelancer from her home in the English Lake District, where she co-owns historic Grasmere bookshop Sam Read Bookseller.