Division Street

Helen Mort has published three collections of poetry: Division Street (2013), winner of the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, No Map Could Show Them (2016) and The Illustrated Woman (2022). Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Forward, T. S. Eliot and Costa Prizes. She has written a novel, Black Car Burning (2019) and a short story collection, Exire (2019). Her creative non-fiction includes A Line Above The Sky (2022), winner of the Boardman Tasker Award, and Ethel (2024). She is a Professor in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and lives in Sheffield.

"Helen Mort is among the brightest stars in the sparkling new constellation of young British poets" -- Carol Ann Duffy "Outstanding... There's a confidence and wit that's rare in a first book, but underlying it all is the bedrock of the north of England, its landscapes and stories. These are poems of passion, risk, tenderness and power" -- Michael Symmons Roberts, winner of the Forward Prize 2013 "There's been a buzz around Helen Mort for a while, and her debut, Division Street, doesn't disappoint" -- Suzi Feay Independent "An excellent first poetry collection -- lucid, intelligent, politically aware, and loyal to the landscape that inspired it." -- Blake Morrison Guardian Picks of the Year "Mort is a fast-rising star of British poetry... marked by a gritty urban lyricism and a terrific rhythmic vitality" i