“An unmistakable authority” – Glyn Hughes, DH Lawrence Festival Poet in Residence

“Sean  Woodward creates an atmosphere of place I have only seen on screen.  Whether it is a documentary report or his poems that gives me the  picture is immaterial if it brings the isolation of beauty under  occupation to my attention” – Ralph Hancock

“There’s no denying the strength of his imagery” – Ashley Franklin, Derbyshire Today

“Artist,  poet, storyteller and musician Sean Woodward has a wealth of experience  exploring the dark and mysterious aspects of being, and translating  them into creative media that speak to the inner core of the receiver” –  Ellen Simpson

SEAN WOODWARD’s first poetry collection, Deja-Vu was published by Dragonheart Press in 1987. Since then his poetry has been published in international magazines and anthologies including Staple, Aabye’s Baby, Moonstone, First Time, La  Vache, The Rialto, Inkshed, Poetry Nottingham and Quartz. He was a major winner in the DH Lawrence Festival Competition and Derby Evening  Telegraph Poet of the Year Competition. He has appeared at the  Wirksworth and Chesterfield festivals and has been a guest speaker at the  Writing Industries Conference, Leicester Haymarket, Nottingham  Playhouse, Nottingham Fringe Festival, Derby Community Arts, PM Poetry,  Fagins Bookshop, Second Wednesday and Derby City Live festival. He has also adjudicated poetry competitions for Nottingham Poetry Society,  Nottingham Writers’ Workshop, Derby Writers’ Guild and Derby University Forums of Faiths.