Martha Sprackland

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Martha Sprackland (born 1988) is a British writer.

Background[]

Martha Sprackland is a writer, editor and translator from Spanish, born in Barnstaple in 1988, who grew up in Ainsdale, Merseyside. Her debut collection of poems, Citadel, was published in 2020 by Liverpool University Press,[1][2][3][4] and shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Costa Poetry Prize, and the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize.[5][6][7][8] She has also published two pamphlets: Glass As Broken Glass (2017, Rack Press)[9] and Milk Tooth (2018, Rough Trade Books).[10][11]

Previously assistant poetry editor at Faber & Faber, Sprackland is the co-founder and editor of Offord Road Books, and was previously a co-founding editor of La Errante magazine and Cake magazine. From 2017 to 2021 she was an editor for Poetry London, of which she was acting poetry editor for five issues.

Bibliography[]

Glass As Broken Glass (Rack Press, 2017)

Milk Tooth (, 2018)

Citadel (Liverpool University Press, 2020)

Awards[]

1999: Simon Elvin Award () winner

2003: runner-up

2005: winner[12]

2014: Eric Gregory Award recipient

2019: shortlist, Milk Tooth

2020: Forward Prize for Best First Collection shortlist, Citadel

2020: Costa Prize for Poetry shortlist, Citadel

2021: Peirene Stevns Translation Prize shortlist[13]

2021: John Pollard International Poetry Prize shortlist, Citadel

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sprackland, Martha (2020). Citadel. Liverpool. ISBN 1-78962-749-4. OCLC 1156012263.
  2. ^ "Books of the Year". The White Review. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  3. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane (2020-05-09). "Poetry book of the month: Citadel by Martha Sprackland". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  4. ^ "In Brief: Citadel by Martha Sprackland book review | The TLS". TLS. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. ^ Clare, Aingeal (2020-07-02). "Four new collections up for the Forward poetry prizes – review roundup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  6. ^ "Booksellers Association - Costa Book Awards". The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  7. ^ "Martha Sprackland". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  8. ^ Doyle, Martin. "Irish writers longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  9. ^ SPRACKLAND, MARTHA (2017). GLASS AS BROKEN GLASS. [Place of publication not identified]: RACK Press. ISBN 0-9956388-1-0. OCLC 960280448.
  10. ^ Sprackland, Martha (2020). MILK TOOTH. [S.l.]: ROUGH TRADE BOOKS. ISBN 1-912722-57-7. OCLC 1156389658.
  11. ^ Arbuthnot, Leaf (18 January 2020). "Review of Milk Tooth". Ambit.
  12. ^ Sprackland, Martha (2013-03-21). "Poetry, prizes and the roads not taken". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  13. ^ team, Code8. "Translation Prize". Peirene Press. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
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