Twice shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year, Samantha is the recipient of a Hawthornden Fellowship. In 2012 Samantha won a Leverhulme writer in residence award to collaborate with the National Wool Museum and the work resulting from this, Lime & Winter was published by Rack Press in 2014. Samantha was appointed poet in residence at the Dylan Thomas Boathouse during June 2014. She has just been awarded a bursary from Literature Wales to research and write her next book. Readings