Dr. Suzannah V. Evans is a poet, researcher, and educator. Her debut full poetry collection is Under the Blue (Bloomsbury Poetry, September 2025). She is the author of Brightwork and Marine Objects / Some Language, and the editor of All Keyboards are Legitimate: Versions of Jules Laforgue (Guillemot Press). A chapter of her work appears in Carcanet’s anthology New Poetries VIII. Her poetry has been awarded the Ivan Juritz Prize for Creative Experiment and a Northern Writers’ Award, performed at international festivals, and broadcast on BBC Radio. She holds an AHRC-funded PhD in modern poetry from Durham University, and her first academic monograph is forthcoming, entitled Listening to Laforgue and Corbière in T. S. Eliot.

Suzannah has taught creative writing and literature for the Universities of Bristol, Durham, and Teesside. She teaches for Bristol Folk House, City Lit, and The Poetry School, and her extensive experience of designing and delivering creative writing and literature education activities includes collaborations with Underfall Yard, Caring in Bristol, Carers Support Centre, The Rockfield Centre, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Sir John Soane’s Museum, and Keats House. Her teaching practice centres on play and experimentation, with interactive exercises designed to encourage students into new ways of thinking and writing. Find out more on her personal website, https://suzannahvevans.com/.

Under the Blue (Bloomsbury Poetry, 2025)

All Keyboards are Legitimate: Versions of Jules Laforgue (Guillemot Press, 2023)

Brightwork (Guillemot Press, 2021)

Marine Objects / Some Language (Guillemot Press, 2020)