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Andrew McMillan

Andrew McMillan Poetry Writing Course Arvon

Andrew McMillan’s first collection, physical, was the first poetry collection to win the Guardian First Book Award; it also won a Somerset Maugham Award, an Eric Gregory Award, a Northern Writers’ Award and the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. In 2019 it was voted as one of the top 25 poetry books of the past 25 years by the Booksellers Association. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize. He is Professor of Contemporary Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His third collection pandemonium is out now and a debut novel, pity, will be published by Canongate in early 2024.