andrew was born in Haworth, West Yorkshire in 1963, home of the Bronte sisters and just over the moors from Ted Hughes' birthplace. After various jobs, he attended York University and gained a first class degree in English where he won the Ursula Wadey Memorial prize for his translation of Georges Bataille's Histoire de l'oeil.
After spending a number of years on an aborted PhD on Seamus Heaney, he got down to writing his own poetry rather than writing about others, and has published poetry and translations in the UK & USA in magazines such as The New Yorick, versus, The Rue Bella, The Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Pedestal Magazine, Poems Niederngasse, Eclectica, The Drunken Boat, Verse Libre Quarterly, Spume, and Snakeskin.
andrew was nominated in 2003 for a Pushcart Prize.
He is the editor of the Alsop Review's prestigious online quarterly magazine, Octavo.
andrew is available for poetry readings and workshops.
After spending a number of years on an aborted PhD on Seamus Heaney, he got down to writing his own poetry rather than writing about others, and has published poetry and translations in the UK & USA in magazines such as The New Yorick, versus, The Rue Bella, The Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Pedestal Magazine, Poems Niederngasse, Eclectica, The Drunken Boat, Verse Libre Quarterly, Spume, and Snakeskin.
andrew was nominated in 2003 for a Pushcart Prize.
He is the editor of the Alsop Review's prestigious online quarterly magazine, Octavo.
andrew is available for poetry readings and workshops.