Fantastic Voyage

About Amanda Dalton

Amanda Dalton is a poet and playwright. Her first book-length collection How to Disappear (Bloodaxe Books 1999) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and she was chosen as a Next Generation Poet in 2004. Her second collection Stray was published by Bloodaxe in 2012. In 2021 Arc published her experimental chapbook 30 Poems in 30 Days and in 2022 Smith|Doorstop published a pamphlet of two long poems Notes on Water. A version of Notes on Water was re-created for two voices and soundscape for BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears. Her third full-length collection Fantastic Voyage (Bloodaxe Books 2023) also includes Notes on the Water. Amanda writes extensively for BBC Radio 4 and 3 including original drama poetry-dramas classic adaptations re-imaginings of film and lyric essays. Her theatre writing includes text for outdoor and site-specific performance and drama for young people including commissions with Manchesters Royal Exchange Sheffield Theatres and Keswicks Theatre By The Lake. Freelance since 2017 much of her career has been focused on teaching mentoring and the curation and artistic leadership of innovative cross art-form projects often in collaboration with other artists and communities. She lives in Hebden Bridge.