WRITER & MENTOR

Rosie Jackson is widely published. Her pamphlet Aloneness is a Many-Headed Bird (Hedgehog Press, 2020) was co-written with Dawn Gorman, and her latest book of poems, Two Girls and a Beehive (Two Rivers Press, 2020) focussed on the art and lives of artist Stanley Spencer and his first wife Hilda Carline. Annie Freud calls it 'nothing less than a masterpiece of ekphrasis. This is a work of extraordinary unity, daring and emotional breadth. I am smitten from the first page to the last.' David Morley writes, 'This is a marvellous act of dual authorship by two poets at the top of their game.'

Her other books include The Glass Mother: A Memoir, The Light Box (Poetry), Mothers Who Leave, Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion and What the Ground Holds. 

She has won many awards including 1st prizes at Teignmouth 2021, Poetry Space 2019, Wells 2018, Stanley Spencer Competition, Cookham 2017.

Rosie Jackson offers workshops in poetry and memoir writing in the UK and online, as well as individual mentoring. She is on the team at Poetry Teignmouth.

Rosie collaborates with film maker Gordon McKerrow on poetry films.

‘If you are looking for an exceptional editor, Rosie is worth her weight in gold.’ Sophie Sabbage, The Cancer Whisperer, 2016

‘Rosie is a fine, fine writer.’ Daniel Ladinsky, Hafiz: The Gift

‘Rosie’s workshops did more for me than the entire M.A. course. Her generosity of spirit lifts work to new, exciting levels.’ Deborah Gregory, The Cornflake House