Caleb Parkin

[Please note that Caleb is temporarily on hiatus for Round 3, but will be back!]

Caleb Parkin has poems in The Guardian, The Rialto, The Poetry Review and was guest poet on BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please. His debut collection, This Fruiting Body, is published by Nine Arches Press and was longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2022.

He’s published three pamphlets: ‘Wasted Rainbow’ with tall-lighthouse; ‘All the Cancelled Parties’, his collected City Poet commissions; and most recently, ‘The Coin’ out in October 2022 with Broken Sleep Books.

He tutors for Poetry Society, Poetry School, Cheltenham Festivals, First Story, Arvon, and holds an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (CWTP). As a mentor, he’s worked directly with poets who have gone on to publication, as well as with organisations including Creative Futures, Artful Scribe, Nine Arches and as a personal tutor for MA poetry and MSc Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes students.

Caleb is passionate about inclusive practice, mindful of the wellbeing aspects of poetry and especially well-placed to explore themes around queer identities, environment and ecology. From 2023, he is a practice-as-research PhD candidate at University of Exeter, as part of RENEW Biodiversity.

“I’ve been so impressed by the generous, detailed and specific feedback you’ve given me and also everyone else on the course” - praise for Caleb’s approach to teaching