Andrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry, physical, won the Guardian First Book Award, and was awarded a Somerset Maugham Award, an Eric Gregory Award, the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize. His third collection, pandemonium, was published in 2021. He co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems in 2022. He is Professor of Contemporary Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. @AMcMillanPoet | andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk

Tender and true. It explores with brilliance and deep empathy how our lives - and our secrets - are always intertwined with those who went before us

Andrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry, physical, won the Guardian First Book Award, and was awarded a Somerset Maugham Award, an Eric Gregory Award, the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize. His third collection, pandemonium, was published in 2021. He co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems in 2022. He is Professor of Contemporary Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. @AMcMillanPoet | andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk

Tender and true. It explores with brilliance and deep empathy how our lives - and our secrets - are always intertwined with those who went before us

Andrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry, physical, won the Guardian First Book Award, and was awarded a Somerset Maugham Award, an Eric Gregory Award, the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize. His third collection, pandemonium, was published in 2021. He co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems in 2022. He is Professor of Contemporary Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. @AMcMillanPoet | andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk

Tender and true. It explores with brilliance and deep empathy how our lives - and our secrets - are always intertwined with those who went before us