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Alan Buckley

is the author of two pamphlets, Shiver and The Long Haul, and his first collection Touched (HappenStance Press) was published in 2020. His work has been highly commended in the Forward and Bridport prizes. He was a founding editor of ignitionpress, and for many years was a school writer-in-residence with First Story. He lives in Oxford, where he works as a psychotherapist.

    Close up of text on Elizabeth Bishop's gravestone. Under her name It says "All the untidy activity continues, awful but cheerful"

    All Quite Thoroughly Dirty (Part Two)

    Alan Buckley continues his close reading of ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part Two)
    Black and white photo showing Elizabeth Bishop standing in front of some rocks.

    All Quite Thoroughly Dirty

    Alan Buckley looks at ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part One)
    Photo of John Glenday sitting outside in front of a bridge. He is wearing a blue shirt and has a short grey beard and greying hair.

    We can never be passengers any more

    Alan Buckley gives us his close reading of the poem 'The Walkers' by John Glenday
    Black and white image of young people at an anti Nazi rally, they are carrying banners with "stop the nazis" and "stop racist attacks"

    That red light in the darkness

    Book Review: Alan Buckley reviews The Kids by Hannah Lowe (Bloodaxe, 2021)
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