Quentin Cowdry

Quentin Cowdry, a former Times and Telegraph journalist who has run a recruitment firm for many years, has been writing poetry since childhood. A father of four, he lives with his wife and two younger children in Strawberry Hill, close to the remains of the Thames-side home of the great Augustan poet, Alexander Pope.

His debut collection, Close-Up, won a 2023 Hedgehog Press first pamphlet competition.