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J.O. Morgan

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J.O. Morgan lives on a small farm in the Scottish Borders. His first book, Natural Mechanical (CB Editions, 2009), won the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and was shortlisted for the Forward First Collection Prize; its sequel, Long Cuts (CB Editions, 2011), was shortlisted for a Scottish Book Award.

His third book, At Maldon (CB Editions, 2013), takes its bearings from the Old English poem ‘The Battle of Maldon’. It re-imagines the short-lived battle that took place on the Essex coast in 991AD, when a ragtag army of Anglo-Saxons was mustered to defend their land from Viking raiders.

In 2015, Morgan published In Casting Off (HappenStance Press), a poem-novella that tells a love story that is set within a remote fishing community. Interference Pattern, shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, appeared from Cape Poetry in 2016, and Assurances in 2018.

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  • ‘We used to think the universe was made…’
  • Dividing Line
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Selected Bibliography

Natural Mechanical (CB Editions, 2009)
Long Cuts (CB Editions, 2011)
At Maldon (CB Editions, 2013)
In Casting Off (HappenStance Press, 2015)
Interference Pattern (Cape Poetry, 2016)
Assurances (Cape Poetry, 2018)

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VERSschmuggel

November 2014
Berlin's VERSschmuggel pairs Scottish and German-language poets in order to produce "cover versions" of each other's poems. Featuring Don Paterson, J.O. Morgan, and Katharina Schultens.
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J.O. Morgan

October 2013
J.O. Morgan discusses his approach to writing and talk in detail about his first book length narrative poem, the award-winning Natural Mechanical.
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Assurances by J.O. Morgan

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WINNER OF THE COSTA POETRY AWARD 2018. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION
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