POTM Winter Reading 3: Oz Hardwick
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Welcome to these special editions of Poetry on the Move, featuring poetry readings from 2018’s festival. Oz Hardwick is a writer, photographer,music journalist, and occasional musician, based in York (UK).. He has published six poetry collections, most recently TheHouse of Ghosts and Mirrors (Valley Press, 2017), and hasedited and co-edited several more, including (with Miles Salter) The Valley Press Anthology of Yorkshire Poetry, which was aNational Poetry Day recommendation in 2017.
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