Kate Potts is a poet, academic, mentor and editor. Her second collection, Feral (Bloodaxe Books, 2018) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and a Telegraph poetry book of the month. Her debut pamphlet Whichever Music (tall-lighthouse, 2008) was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice and was shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award. Her first full-length collection was Pure Hustle (Bloodaxe Books, 2011). Her third, Pretenders, is published by Bloodaxe in 2025.
Kate writes about creative writing and everyday life, including the intersections and tensions between writing and caregiving, in her newsletter Speak Up! On Writing, Failing Better, and Taking up Space. She lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, with her son.
Author photograph: Naomi Woddis
