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Neil Astley
Neil Astley is the editor of Bloodaxe Books which he founded in 1978. His books include many anthologies, most notably those in the Staying Alive series: Staying Alive (2002), Bein...view moreNeil Astley is the editor of Bloodaxe Books which he founded in 1978. His books include many anthologies, most notably those in the Staying Alive series: Staying Alive (2002), Being Alive (2004), Being Human (2011) and Staying Human (2020), along with three collaborations with Pamela Robertson-Pearce, Soul Food and the DVD-books In Person: 30 Poets and In Person: World Poets. He received an Eric Gregory Award for his poetry, and has published two poetry collections, Darwin Survivor and Biting My Tongue, as well as two novels, The End of My Tether (shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award), and The Sheep Who Changed the World. He was given a D.Litt from Newcastle University for his work with Bloodaxe Books in 1995; is a patron and past trustee of Ledbury Poetry Festival; and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. He lives in the Tarset valley in Northumberland.view less
Books by Neil Astley
Soul Food: Nourishing Poems for Starved Minds Staying Alive: real poems for unreal times Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being Alive: the sequel to Staying Alive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Do Not Go Gentle: poems for funerals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being Human: the companion anthology to Staying Alive and Being Alive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Funny Ha-Ha, Funny Peculiar: a book of strange & comic poems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Land of Three Rivers: The Poetry of North-East England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hundred Years' War: modern war poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEssential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings