John Stammers read philosophy at King's College London and is an Associate of Kings' College. His first collection (2001) was awarded the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award; his second is a Poetry Book Society Choice. A creative writing tutor and freelance writer, he lives in Islington, London where he was born.
The follow up to John's Forward Prize-winning Panoramic Lounge-Bar which saw him voted best new poet of 2001