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name: Tom Chivers
about: Tom Chivers is a writer, publisher and arts producer. He was born in 1983 in south London.He has released two pamphlets of poetry, The Terrors (Nine Arches Press, 2009; shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award) and Flood Drain (Annexe Press, 2012), and two full collections, How To Build A City (Salt Publishing, 2009) and Dark Islands (Test Centre, 2015). His poems have been anthologised in Dear World &amp; Everything In It (Bloodaxe Books, 2013) and London: A History in Verse (Harvard University Press, 2012).His non-fiction debut London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City will be published by Transworld/Doubleday in September 2021. He is represented by Sophie Scard at United Agents.‘Chivers’s writing feels refreshing and necessary, a genuine, lyrica Tom Chivers is a writer, publisher and arts producer. He was born in 1983 in south London.He has released two pamphlets of poetry, The Terrors (Nine Arches Press, 2009; shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award) and Flood Drain (Annexe Press, 2012), and two full collections, How To Build A City (Salt Publishing, 2009) and Dark Islands (Test Centre, 2015). His poems have been anthologised in Dear World &amp; Everything In It (Bloodaxe Books, 2013) and London: A History in Verse (Harvard University Press, 2012).His non-fiction debut London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City will be published by Transworld/Doubleday in September 2021. He is represented by Sophie Scard at United Agents.‘Chivers’s writing feels refreshing and necessary, a genuine, lyrical appraisal of contemporary life.’Luke Kennard, Poetry LondonTom won an Eric Gregory Award in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Prize in 2014. He has performed at numerous events and venues including Dasein Poetry Festival, Athens; The Eden Project, Cornwall; Ledbury Poetry Festival; London Literature Festival; Moray Walking Festival; Poetry International; The Sage Gateshead; Soho Theatre and The Thames Festival.Tom has made perambulatory, site-specific and audio work for organisations including LIFT, Cape Farewell, Humber Mouth Literature Festival, Outpost London and Southbank Centre. He lives in Rotherhithe with his wife and two daughters. ...more