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River Wolton writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She grew up in London and lived in Sheffield for twenty years before moving to North Derbyshire. She is a recent Derbyshire Poet Laureate and works as a writing facilitator, specialising in tailor-made projects for people of all ages and backgrounds. She is currently a Writer-in-Residence with Writing East Midlands and has a Hawthornden Fellowship for 2011.
Leap, River's first full-length poetry collection is available from Smith/Doorstop.
“Accessible yet difficult; softly-spoken yet also dark... complex and thought-provoking... (She) knows that heavy subjects are best delivered in the lightest language. Her first collection is a single bullet, and its poems are shrapnel.”
- Leap reviewed in Stride Magazine
Click here to read River's profile on the Poetry Business website.
