Martha Sprackland

Martha Sprackland (born 1988) is a British writer.

Background

Martha Sprackland is a writer, editor and translator from Spanish, born in Barnstaple in 1988, who grew up in Ainsdale, Merseyside. Her mother is the British poet Jean Sprackland. Her debut collection of poems, Citadel, was published in 2020 by Liverpool University Press,[1][2][3][4] and shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Costa Poetry Prize, and the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize.[5][6][7][8] She has also published two pamphlets: Glass As Broken Glass (2017, Rack Press)[9] and Milk Tooth (2018, Rough Trade Books).[10][11]

Previously assistant poetry editor at Faber & Faber, Sprackland is the co-founder and editor of Offord Road Books, and was previously a co-founding editor of La Errante magazine and Cake magazine. From 2017 to 2021 she was an editor for Poetry London, of which she was acting poetry editor for five issues. She is currently poetry editor for CHEERIO Publishing.[12]

Bibliography

Glass As Broken Glass (Rack Press, 2017)

Milk Tooth (Rough Trade Books, 2018)

Citadel (Liverpool University Press, 2020)

Awards

1999: Simon Elvin Award (Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award) winner

2003: Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award runner-up

2005: Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award winner[13]

2014: Eric Gregory Award recipient

2019: Michael Marks Pamphlet Award shortlist, Milk Tooth

2020: Forward Prize for Best First Collection shortlist, Citadel

2020: Costa Prize for Poetry shortlist, Citadel

2021: Peirene Stevns Translation Prize shortlist[14]

2021: John Pollard International Poetry Prize shortlist, Citadel

References

  1. ^ Sprackland, Martha (2020). Citadel. Liverpool. ISBN 978-1-78962-749-7. OCLC 1156012263.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Books of the Year". The White Review. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane (9 May 2020). "Poetry book of the month: Citadel by Martha Sprackland". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "In Brief: Citadel by Martha Sprackland book review | The TLS". TLS. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. ^ Clare, Aingeal (2 July 2020). "Four new collections up for the Forward poetry prizes – review roundup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Booksellers Association - Costa Book Awards". The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Martha Sprackland". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  8. ^ Doyle, Martin. "Irish writers longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  9. ^ SPRACKLAND, MARTHA (2017). GLASS AS BROKEN GLASS. [Place of publication not identified]: RACK Press. ISBN 978-0-9956388-1-5. OCLC 960280448.
  10. ^ Sprackland, Martha (2020). MILK TOOTH. [S.l.]: ROUGH TRADE BOOKS. ISBN 978-1-912722-57-0. OCLC 1156389658.
  11. ^ Arbuthnot, Leaf (18 January 2020). "Review of Milk Tooth". Ambit.
  12. ^ "Cheerio appoints Sprackland as first poetry editor". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  13. ^ Sprackland, Martha (21 March 2013). "Poetry, prizes and the roads not taken". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  14. ^ team, Code8. "Translation Prize". Peirene Press. Retrieved 15 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)