biography

Allison McVety’s collection, the night Trotsky came to stay (Smith/Doorstop), was shortlisted for the Forward Best First Collection Prize 2008. Her poems have been published in the Times and PN Review and have been broadcast on BBC radio. Allison has an MA in Poetry and was shortlisted for the inaugural MMU Poetry Prize 2008. Her second collection will be published in October 2009.

"Allison McVety's first book shines. It signals the opening of a career of a writer from whom we can expect wonders." David Morley