Gregory Leadbetter’s books and pamphlets of poetry include Caliban (Dare-Gale Press, 2023), a New Statesman Book of the Year 2023; Balanuve, with photographs by Phil Thomson (Broken Sleep, 2021); Maskwork (Nine Arches Press, 2020), longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2021;* The Fetch* (Nine Arches Press, 2016), and The Body in the Well (HappenStance Press, 2007). Recent work for the BBC includes the extended poem Metal City (Radio 3, 2023). A song-cycle featuring poems from The Fetch by the composer and pianist Eric McElroy has been performed internationally, and a recording with the tenor James Gilchrist was released in 2023. He is Professor of Poetry at Birmingham City University.

'Gregory Leadbetter’s The Infernal Garden - in which the natural world is both revealed and cultivated by a poet of exceptional complexity and clarity - is its own dawn chorus, a multitude of voices, note perfect, brimming and melodious. But sung so gently. Almost hushed. This collection is a masterclass in harmony and pitch.'

Gregory Leadbetter’s books and pamphlets of poetry include Caliban (Dare-Gale Press, 2023), a New Statesman Book of the Year 2023; Balanuve, with photographs by Phil Thomson (Broken Sleep, 2021); Maskwork (Nine Arches Press, 2020), longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2021;* The Fetch* (Nine Arches Press, 2016), and The Body in the Well (HappenStance Press, 2007). Recent work for the BBC includes the extended poem Metal City (Radio 3, 2023). A song-cycle featuring poems from The Fetch by the composer and pianist Eric McElroy has been performed internationally, and a recording with the tenor James Gilchrist was released in 2023. He is Professor of Poetry at Birmingham City University.

'Gregory Leadbetter’s The Infernal Garden - in which the natural world is both revealed and cultivated by a poet of exceptional complexity and clarity - is its own dawn chorus, a multitude of voices, note perfect, brimming and melodious. But sung so gently. Almost hushed. This collection is a masterclass in harmony and pitch.'

Gregory Leadbetter’s books and pamphlets of poetry include Caliban (Dare-Gale Press, 2023), a New Statesman Book of the Year 2023; Balanuve, with photographs by Phil Thomson (Broken Sleep, 2021); Maskwork (Nine Arches Press, 2020), longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2021;* The Fetch* (Nine Arches Press, 2016), and The Body in the Well (HappenStance Press, 2007). Recent work for the BBC includes the extended poem Metal City (Radio 3, 2023). A song-cycle featuring poems from The Fetch by the composer and pianist Eric McElroy has been performed internationally, and a recording with the tenor James Gilchrist was released in 2023. He is Professor of Poetry at Birmingham City University.

'Gregory Leadbetter’s The Infernal Garden - in which the natural world is both revealed and cultivated by a poet of exceptional complexity and clarity - is its own dawn chorus, a multitude of voices, note perfect, brimming and melodious. But sung so gently. Almost hushed. This collection is a masterclass in harmony and pitch.'