Kate Potts’ second collection Feral (Bloodaxe, 2018) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation and a Telegraph poetry book of the month. Her debut pamphlet Whichever Music (tall-lighthouse) was a Poetry Book Society choice and was shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award. Pretenders, an Arts Council-funded multi-voice poem focusing on imposter syndrome, will be published in 2025.
Kate teaches for Middlesex University and The Poetry School, and works as a freelance mentor and editor. She lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, with her son.