Ian lives in West Yorkshire and began writing poetry and prose in 2013. His work has been widely published in magazines such as Ambit, Magma, The Rialto and The Poetry Review. He has won awards in several UK competitions including first prizes in the Poetry Society’s Hamish Canham Prize and PENfro. Ian holds an MA in Creative Writing from the Manchester Writing School and is a Complete Works fellow. In 2017, his poetry was showcased in Ten: Poets of the New Generation. Read More
In these troubled times we need more good poets than ever. Luckily I’ve seen the future of poetry – and it’s bright.
– Christina Patterson, The Guardian
Ian has an enviable gift of finding final lines of poems, many of which are seared on the surface of my memory.
– Mona Arshi
