Natalie Scott is an internationally published writer and educator from the northeast of England. She holds a PhD by publication, a PGCE specialising in post-compulsory education and is a certified practitioner of biblio/poetry therapy. Natalie is the creator of Pen Power – Writing for Wellbeing and facilitates workshops in diverse community settings as part of this initiative.
Her latest poetry collection Rare Birds – Voices of Holloway Prison (Valley Press, 2020) received Award-Winning Finalist in the International Book Awards 2020 and Special Mentions in two categories of the Saboteur Awards 2020. She received funding from the Arts Council of England to develop the collection in collaboration with award-winning composers as a musicalised adaptation which was performed by a West End cast at Soho Theatre. Poems from this collection were also commissioned by Apples and Snakes to feature in a podcast to celebrate Vote 100.
Natalie’s poems and articles are represented widely in literary and academic journals, including Aesthetica, Agenda, Ambit, Cork Literary Review, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Orbis, Poetry Scotland, Spelt Magazine and York Literary Review. Her work has celebrated much critical acclaim from those inside and outside the writing spheres, including representatives from The House of Commons. She has been interviewed for media including London Live TV, BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Tees, Zetland Radio, Islington Tribune, The Northern Echo and many writers’ blogs. Competition successes include ‘Those dead woman’s clothes in the wardrobe’ winning First Prize in the Yaffle Prize 2023 and ‘A is for Apple’ being shortlisted in the Live Canon International Poetry Prize 2022.
Natalie is a lecturer on the BA (Hons) Creative Writing Course at Arts University Bournemouth, specialising in poetry and playwriting, and Module Leader for Advanced Poetics as part of the MA in Creative Writing which launched in May 2024. In 2020 she created and project-managed the AUB International Poetry Prize, judged by Glyn Maxwell. She was Poetry Judge for Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024 and is a regular presenter at Creative Bridges: an annual writing for wellbeing conference organised by Lapidus International.
Natalie’s current project Voyage of a Kismama – One Woman’s Epic Journey into Geriatric Motherdom was awarded a DYCP award from the Arts Council of England in 2023. Described by Emer O’Toole as a “witty, wise and weird artwork of extraordinary imagination”, Kismama is a hybrid memoir which uses a blend of prose, poetry and script to explore topics of motherhood, identity and otherness through the critical lenses of feminism and gender theory.
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