Bluebeard's Wives is an anthology of poetry from women in the West Midlands of England and it was published by the Heaventree Press in August 2007. --From the Editors
Eric Gregory Award winner (2003)
Academi Bursary winner (2005)
English Association Fellows' Poetry Prize Winner (2006)
Long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize (2008)
Short-listed for the Arvon International Poetry Competition (2010)
Zoë Brigley was listed recently by "The Manhattan Review" and "The Best American Poetry Blog" as one of the best young British poets writing at moment.
Zoë is a Celtic writer (originally from Wales) who now lives in Pennsylvania, USA. She has published one pamphlet of poetry, "Heaventree New Writers: Vol 1" (2004) and her debut full collection of poetry, "The Secret", published in the UK by Bloodaxe (2007).
"The Secret" was made a UK Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was long-listed for the international prize for writers under 30, the Dylan Thomas Award. It was also poems from "The Secret" that won her a substantial Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in London, and the English Association's Poetry Fellows' Award.
Zoë has also won a translation fellowship from University of East Anglia and a writing bursary from Academi, the Welsh Literature Promotion Agency. She has co-edited an anthology of women's poetry titled "Bluebeard's Wives" (2007) with the poet Julie Boden, and she writes a blog, "The Midnight Heart".
Zoë is a Visiting Research Fellow in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Northampton, UK. She conducts research, under her married name "Zoë Brigley Thompson" in the area of violence against women and human rights. She edited with Sorcha Gunne the Routledge volume, "Feminism Literature and Rape Narratives" (2010).
