Clare Pollard wrote most of her first collection of poetry, The Heavy-Petting Zoo (Bloodaxe, 1998) whilst still at school. She has since published two more collections: Bedtime (Bloodaxe, 2002), and Look, Clare! Look! (Bloodaxe, 2005). Her first play The Weather (Faber, 2004) premiered at The Royal Court Theatre, and she is working on a new commission for them, The Zoo-Keeper's Wife. Clare is Managing Editor of The Idler, and Editor of the poetry journal Reactions. Her books include: The Heavy-Petting Zoo (Bloodaxe, 1998) Bedtime (Bloodaxe, 2002) The Weather (Faber, 2004) Look, Clare! Look! (Bloodaxe, 2005) Reactions 5 (ed.) (Pen and Inc Press, 2005)

“ No one outside the poetry world has heard of Clare Pollard. That will change. Pollard is just 22 and already a seasoned observer and a master technician… She approaches life with a sort of appalled and embittered tenderness. It’s like Sylvia Plath reinterpreted for the Trainspotting generation. Expect her star to rise fast.” Lloyd Evans, The Daily Mail