Poetry with Roy Marshall, supported by Tony Challis

A joint event with Nottingham Poetry Society

Roy Marshall wanted to be a writer as a child and young man but became distracted for about twenty years during which time he found himself variously employed as a delivery driver, gardener and coronary care nurse, amongst other occupations. Since leaving nursing he has worked in adult education, both in community and as a part time university lecturer.   

Roy’s  first full collection ‘The Sun Bathers’ (Shoestring Press , 2013)
was shortlisted for the Michael Murphy award. ‘Filled with invention, exceptional skill and rueful humour.’ Peter Carpenter, Under The Radar 

A second collection, ‘The Great Animator’  was published by Shoestring Press in 2017.  ‘Every other line offers something in language we can revel in, smile at, whisper in pleasure as we read. Some lines feel like sonic ball-pools we can roll around in, emerging for air only as they resolve.’     Noel Williams in The North

Roy’s versions of poems by the Italian poet Eugenio Montale were published in 2019, also Shoestring Press ‘A delight to read, beautifully crafted, spare yet lyrical.’ 
Caroline Maldonaldo, London Grip 

Roy will be supported by Tony Challis, chair of Nottingham Poetry Society and a veteran of many writing groups, including Pink Ink.