Author: Julia Copus
Born: 1969
Bio: Julia Copus’s publications include The Shuttered Eye (1995) which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and In Defence of Adultery (2003) — both Poetry Book Society Recommendations. She has won numerous awards for her poetry, including an Eric Gregory Award, an Arts Council of England Writer’s Award, a Hawthornden Fellowship, and a BBC/Gulbenkian Foundation writer’s bursary. In 2002, she won First Prize in the National Poetry Competition with ‘Breaking the Rule’. Her radio work includes an afternoon play, Eenie Meenie Macka Racka (2003) which was winner of the BBC’s prestigious Alfred Bradley Award. A new play, The Enormous Radio, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2008. She is currently an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter.