Poet
‘Amen to Isabella Mead for the line 'Meanwhile fatherless men at the bar / practise a dancestep to the latest soundtrack/ and praise cows under the moon.'
It's the news; not the way we'll hear it told by Jon Snow or Sophie Raworth, but no less essential. '
UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage
Publications
Isy Mead’s debut pamphlet, Dear Rwanda, published in 2023 with Live Canon, relating stories from 2 years living in a rural Rwandan villlage.
Poems
The anthology features 7 poems by Isy Mead as one of 5 finalists for the Brotherton Poetry Prize, 2021.
Isy Mead’s poem ‘Honeyed’ appears in this Pan Macmillan anthology edited by Ann Samson and beautifully illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Publications and Competitions
2025
‘Tear Bottle’ longlisted and published in Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year anthology
‘Proving’ shortlisted and published in ‘Walking in the Dark’ anthology of new writing by walk-listen-create: