Born in St Andrews, Scotland, in 1966, Roddy Lumsden now
lives in Bristol, England, where he is a freelance writer and puzzle compiler.
A first book Yeah Yeah Yeah (Bloodaxe) was shortlisted for several
prizes. As “poet-in-residence” to the music industry in 1999, he co-wrote
The Message, a book on poetry and popular music. He was Vice-Chairman of
The Poetry Society and is on Anvil Press’
editorial board. A second collection The Book of Love was a PBS Choice
and shortlisted for the 2000 TS Eliot Prize and John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He
co-edited Anvil New Poets 3 and tutors for The Poetry School.
His third collection Roddy Lumsden is Dead was published in 2001, after
which he traveled to Canada on an Arts Council International Fellowship. He
recently completed a residency at the St Andrews Bay spa and golf resort with
a new pamphlet The Bubble Bride. Bloodaxe will publish New and
Selected Poems in 2004. He is currently working on Vitamin Q, a
book of trivia and reference which Chambers have planned for 2004 - the
accompanying website is at
www.vitaminq.blogspot.com
the plains english tour 2004
