A. Books
Poetry Collection Dualities published by Hedgehog Poetry Press on 28 September 2020
https://www.hedgehogpress.co.uk/product/sharon-larkin-print-edition (paperback)
https://www.hedgehogpress.co.uk/product/dualities-sharon-larkin-ebook-pdf-edition/ (pdf version)
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Poetry pamphlet Interned at the Food Factory published by Indigo Dreams Publishing in January 2019 after being highly commended in the IDP Pamphlet Competition in 2017
https://www.indigodreams.co.uk/sharon-larkin/4594486683
(paperback)
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B. Inclusion in Anthologies, as a Prizewinner
Poem ‘Flight Recorder’ won first prize in the Black Box Competition from Dreich Publishing in March 2020 and was included in the Black Box prizewinners’ anthology:
Available from: https://hybriddreich.co.uk/product/black-box-anthology/
Shortlisted (among the five finalists) in the Cinnamon Press Debut Poetry Collection Competition 2016, adjudicated by Jan Fortune and Ian Gregson. Jan Fortune: “The quality of these finalists was so high that the decision was almost impossible. We finally wrestled five very fine submissions down to two …” “The shortlist was outstanding and the other excellent finalists – Sharon Larkin, Mick Evans & Vivienne Tregenza will be featured in an anthology.”
The following 10 of my poems were included in the Cinnamon Press anthology (published in October 2017): View from the benthos, Under observation, Damsel dancing, Shaggy ink caps, Aquarium, Firewords, Bowerbird, What passes between, Departure 1st April, Expanding universe..
Available via Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910836796/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_6B05M75HPQ0KY5C4TCDS
Poem Cutting Strings runner-up in the Mothers Milk Books competition 2013(judge, Angela Topping) and inclusion in the anthology Parenting (ed Teika Bellamy), September 2014 Mothers Milk Books Parenting Anthology
Available via Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0957385838/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_VS8XKV1CQ78CFGNZY418
Medium-listed in the 2013 Cinnamon Press Debut Poetry Collection Prize Competition, Cinnamon Press Debut Poetry Collection Prize 2014 adjudicated by Helen Ivory and Martin Figura. Three of my poems from the 2012 Competition: Fishing, Shrink and Nightshade, were included in the Mayday 2013 competition prizewinners’ anthology (rather than the poems medium-listed from my 2013 entry): Cinnamon Press Mayday Anthology (ed Jan Fortune), published October 2014
Poem Cutting Strings runner-up in the Mothers Milk Books competition 2013(judge, Angela Topping) and inclusion in the anthology Parenting (ed Teika Bellamy), September 2014 Mothers Milk Books Parenting Anthology
C. Inclusions in Anthologies
Poem Lessons Learned on the anthology Bloody Amazing from Yaffle Press, 2020
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Poem Bond included in The Poet’s Quest for God, published by Eyewear Publications, 1 July 2016, edited by Fr. Oliver Brennan and Todd Swift
The Poet’s Quest for God is a large, hardback anthology, including poems by Rowan Williams, Andrew Motion and Ian Duhig. It is available to purchase here The Poet’s Quest for God
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Poem View from the Benthos included in the Zoomorphic anthology Driftfish edited by Susan Richardson and James Roberts, published in December 2016,
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Poem Spots in Indigo Dreams Press Heart Shoots anthology (ed Ronnie Goodyer) in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, 2013 – alongside poems by Penelope Shuttle, Moniza Alvi, Pascale Petit and others.
indigo Dreams Press Heart Shoots Anthology
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Poems ‘The Warm-up’, ‘Message to the Front Man’, ‘An Education in Song’, ‘Scratching the Record’, ‘ Hello My Friend’ and ‘Listening to Tool’s Back Catalogue’ in the anthology ‘Inspired by Music’ (Eithon Bridge, 2021)
https://eithonbridge.com/anthologies
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Poems ‘Bypassing Paradise, Stumps Cross’, ‘Winter at Taddington’ and ‘Both Sides of the Valley’ in the anthology ‘The Poetry of Gloucestershire’ (Eithon Bridge, 2020)
https://eithonbridge.com/anthologies/
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Three Poems, The Collector I, II and III in Invisible Zoos, poems from a poets on a residential masterclass with David Morley and Pascale Petit at Ty Newydd, North Wales, in September 2018.Published by Eithon Bridge.
https://eithonbridge.com/2019/10/12/invisible-zoos/
Poem ‘Incompetible’ (sic) in the anthology All a Cat Can Be (Eithon Bridge, June 2018)
https://eithonbridge.com/anthologies/
Poems Losing Face and The Fallen Women of Cheltenham in Cheltenham 300, poems for the 300th anniversary of Cheltenham as a Spa Town, November2016
https://eithonbridge.com/2018/07/13/other-titles-cheltenham-300/
Inclusion of a poem in the Algebra of Owls quarterly anthology, Number 3, March 2017, editor Paul Vaughan
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Poem Therianthrope in Clear Poetry anthology 2016, January 2017,
edited by Ben Lanyard
Poem Mismatch in Clear Poetry anthology, December 2015, edited by Ban Banyard
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Two sonnets, Arachnophobe and Caught in a Web, in Poems on Spiders, part of the Maligned Species project, published by Fairacre Press, 5 February 2016. Edited by Nadia Kingsley.
Fairacre Press Poems on Spiders
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Poem Out in Poems on Stinging Nettles part of the Maligned Species project, published by Fairacre Press, 26 February 2016. Edited by Nadia Kingsley.
Fair Acre Press – Poetry on Stinging Nettles
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Several poems in ‘To Dads – with Love’ edited by Aurélien Thomas, published June 2021
Available from Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dads-Love-Aurelien-Thomas/dp/B096TN7NN7
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Poems Herd Mentality; Noli me Tangere; Lent in a Time of Coronavirus, High Riders and Dawn Chorus, May 2020 in the anthology Pandemic Poets edited by Stuart Watkins, July 2022
Available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B7QJPMR8/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_T37TN77THQHQ6WV1FMHZ
Poem Noli me Tangere and High Riders in an anthology of Pandemic poems from Gloucestershire Poetry Society, October 2020
D. Poems published in printed magazines
Poem La Trinchera in Magma 76 Resistencia issue edited by Leo Boix and Nathalie Teitler
https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-76/___
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Poem Wood Pigeon in Obsessed with Pipework 73, February 2016
Obsessed with Pipework magazine
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Poem ‘Another Proposal’ in Issue 30 of Prole, May 2020 editor Brett Evans
Poem ‘Breakout’ in Issue 29 of Prole, October 2019
Poem ‘Fowl for Dinner’ in issue 27 of Prole, December 2018
Poem ‘Packing Heat’ in issue 25 of Prole, April 2018
Poem ‘Girl on a Motorcycle’ in issue 23 of Prole, August 2017
Poems ‘Reaching for the Remote’ and ‘Decisive Action’ in issue 22 of Prole, April 2017
Poems in issue 22 of Prole
Poems in issue 22 of Prole
Prole magazines are available here:
https://prolebooks.co.uk/shop.html
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Poem ‘Circuit Training’ in Reach Magazine No. 188, Indigo Dreams, May 2014
Poem ‘Pet Hate’ in Reach Magazine No 186, Indigo Dreams, 2014
E. Prose articles published in printed magazines
A Review of ‘A Life of Guto’r Glynn’ by E.A.Rees, y Lolfa Press in IOTA Magazine, Issue 87
Editor of the Cheltenham Arts Council ‘Perspective’ Magazines, also contributing various articles to these:
June – September 2019
Click to access Perspectives-Issue-June-Sept-19-web.pdf
February – May 2019
Click to access Perspectives-Issue-20-Feb-May-web.pdf
October 2018 – January 2019
Click to access Perspectives-Oct-2018-Jan-2019-download.pdf
June – September 2018
Click to access Perspectives-June-Sept-2018-SHARE.pdf
February – May 2018
Click to access Perspectives-Feb-May-2018.pdf
October 2017 – January 2018
Click to access New-Perspectives-Issue1.pdf
June – September 2017
Click to access Perspectives-Issue-June-Sept-17-Web.pdf
Before becoming editor of Perspectives Magazine, I contributed articles to the following editions
February- May 2017 – Item on Cheltenham Poetry Society’s Anthology ‘Cheltenham 300’ and poems from three members of the Society:
Click to access CAC-Perspectives-Issue-14-Feb-May-17-web.pdf
Click to access Perspectives-Issue-12-web.pdf
The following edition of Perspectives, October 2016 – January 2017, has an article introducing me as the new Chair:
Perspectives magazine for Feb – May 2015 carried two of my poems, before I became Chair of Cheltenham Arts Council. They were ‘Taddington, January’ and ‘Cactus Bowl’ – readable here:
Click to access Issue-7-web-download.pdf
The first issue of the new format Perspectives Magazine, in the Spring of 2013 carried an article of mine entitled “Poetry: Obsolete or Important – You Decide”
Click to access PERSPECTIVES-ISSUE-1-Web.pdf
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