Peter Branson

Peter Branson’s poetry has been published by journals in Britain, USA, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, including Acumen, Ambit, Envoi, The Warwick Review, The Interpreter’s House, Poetry Nottingham, The New Writer, The Raintown Review, The Columbia Review, Barnwood and others. His first collection, The Accidental Tourist, was published in May 2008. A second collection was published at the beginning of last year by Caparison Press for ‘The Recusant’. He has been ‘highly commended’ in the Petra Kenny International, first prizes in the Grace Dieu and the Envoi International and a special commendation in the 2012 Wigtown. His latest book, Red Hill, Selected poems, 2000-2012, by Lapwing Press, Ireland, is due later this year.