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A F Harrold



A.F. Harrold is an English poet and performance poet who has performed at most of the Literary and Poetry Festivals, beside several Comedy Festivals and the Edinburgh Fringe.

He has won numerous poetry slams (live performance poetry competitions) including the Cheltenham Festival UK All-Stars title and was the Hammer and Tongue UK Champion two years running.

He has performed in Denmark, Canada, France and the USA, and his work is widely published in UK poetry magazines (Poetry London, Smiths Knoll, Iota etc.).

A.F. Harrold is due to participate in the Queensland (Australia) Poetry Festival in August.
 


Genres: Young Adult Fantasy
 
Novels
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Collections
   Logic and the Heart (poems) (2004)
   Between a Yak and a Hard Plaice (poems) (2008)
   Of Birds and Bees (poems) (2008)
   The Man Who Spent Years In The Bath (poems) (2008)
   Postcards from the Hedgehog (poems) (2009)
   Flood (poems) (2010)
   Harold (2012)
   Lies My Mother Never Told Me (poems) (2014)
   Things You Find in a Poet's Beard (poems) (2015)
   Midnight Feasts (poems) (2019)
   The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice (poems) (2020)
   Poems for 7 Year Olds (poems) (2022)
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Award nominations
2018 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (nominee) : The Song from Somewhere Else


A F Harrold recommends
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Monster in the Woods (2023)
Dave Shelton
"Page-turning heart-thumping brilliance."
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Moonflight (2023)
Gill Lewis
"A great ratty adventure . . . Cat-riding rat bandits and thrilling jail breaks! Ace stuff."
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The Wild Way Home (2020)
Sophie Kirtley
"An exciting debut that takes us on a timeslip adventure into the deep past, where survival is at the point of a spear and family is the only thing you have to hold onto."

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