Alison Binney
@alisonbinney.bsky.social
English teacher, PGCE course tutor and poet. ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ and ‘Other Women’s Kitchens’ available via the Seren Books website: www.serenbooks.com.
For anyone looking to buy ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ as a Christmas gift, Seren books are offering £10 off all orders over £30 from now until the end of December. Just use the code ‘Xmas25’ at the checkout. www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning - Seren
“Innovative, stirring poems … A poet adept at weaving devastating candour with humour and wordplay…” – Rebecca Goss The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning is Alison Binney’s eagerly awaited debut col...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For anyone looking to buy ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ as a Christmas gift, Seren books are offering £10 off all orders over £30 from now until the end of December. Just use the code ‘Xmas25’ at the checkout. www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
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Congrats to our previous Poetry Pamphlet Competition winner, @alisonbinney.bsky.social who was Highly Commended in this year's @forwardprizes.bsky.social!
Her collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is available from @serenbooks.bsky.social.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #amwritingpoetry
Her collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is available from @serenbooks.bsky.social.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #amwritingpoetry
We’re delighted that both Bethany Handley and @alisonbinney.bsky.social are Highly Commended in this year’s @forwardprizes.bsky.social www.serenbooks.com/2025/10/beth.... Their Highly Commended poems are both in the ‘Forward Book of Poetry 2026’.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Congrats to our previous Poetry Pamphlet Competition winner, @alisonbinney.bsky.social who was Highly Commended in this year's @forwardprizes.bsky.social!
Her collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is available from @serenbooks.bsky.social.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #amwritingpoetry
Her collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is available from @serenbooks.bsky.social.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #amwritingpoetry
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We’re delighted that both Bethany Handley and @alisonbinney.bsky.social are Highly Commended in this year’s @forwardprizes.bsky.social www.serenbooks.com/2025/10/beth.... Their Highly Commended poems are both in the ‘Forward Book of Poetry 2026’.
October 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We’re delighted that both Bethany Handley and @alisonbinney.bsky.social are Highly Commended in this year’s @forwardprizes.bsky.social www.serenbooks.com/2025/10/beth.... Their Highly Commended poems are both in the ‘Forward Book of Poetry 2026’.
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Treat yourself to some new poetry this #NationalPoetryDay! There’s a whole range of great poetry books waiting to be discovered on our website www.serenbooks.com/books/poetry/
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Treat yourself to some new poetry this #NationalPoetryDay! There’s a whole range of great poetry books waiting to be discovered on our website www.serenbooks.com/books/poetry/
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's hear it for the poets and poetry publishers who enrich our lives! Here are just a few to get us started ❤️
@serenbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @emiliejelinek.bsky.social @niaandthepoems.bsky.social @courtneyconrad.bsky.social @alisonbinney.bsky.social
@serenbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @emiliejelinek.bsky.social @niaandthepoems.bsky.social @courtneyconrad.bsky.social @alisonbinney.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's hear it for the poets and poetry publishers who enrich our lives! Here are just a few to get us started ❤️
@serenbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @emiliejelinek.bsky.social @niaandthepoems.bsky.social @courtneyconrad.bsky.social @alisonbinney.bsky.social
@serenbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @emiliejelinek.bsky.social @niaandthepoems.bsky.social @courtneyconrad.bsky.social @alisonbinney.bsky.social
On #NationalPoetryDay it’s lovely to share that my poem ‘Testimony’, from my debut collection ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’, has been included in the 2026 Forward Book of Poetry. Thanks so much to the judges for selecting it. #ForwardPrizes
October 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
On #NationalPoetryDay it’s lovely to share that my poem ‘Testimony’, from my debut collection ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’, has been included in the 2026 Forward Book of Poetry. Thanks so much to the judges for selecting it. #ForwardPrizes
Some really good news!
Gladstone's Library Writers in Residence 2026 revealed!
Congratulations to the four authors awarded residencies
📖Laura Beatty
📖Alison Binney
📖David Hendy
📖Anthony Shapland
Go to our News page via the link in our bio to find out more!
@alisonbinney.bsky.social
@davidhendy.bsky.social
Congratulations to the four authors awarded residencies
📖Laura Beatty
📖Alison Binney
📖David Hendy
📖Anthony Shapland
Go to our News page via the link in our bio to find out more!
@alisonbinney.bsky.social
@davidhendy.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some really good news!
I’ve got a few poetry events coming up, starting with the new open mic night at Chater’s in Saffron Walden on Wed 3rd September. Details of all my autumn events here: alisonbinney.co.uk/2025/08/25/a...
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’ve got a few poetry events coming up, starting with the new open mic night at Chater’s in Saffron Walden on Wed 3rd September. Details of all my autumn events here: alisonbinney.co.uk/2025/08/25/a...
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We hope you are as excited as we are about our Writer in Residence Shortlist for 2026!
You can find all the shortlisted titles in one handy list on our Bookshop.org shop - happy reading!
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You can find all the shortlisted titles in one handy list on our Bookshop.org shop - happy reading!
buff.ly/bEdyU3a
July 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We hope you are as excited as we are about our Writer in Residence Shortlist for 2026!
You can find all the shortlisted titles in one handy list on our Bookshop.org shop - happy reading!
buff.ly/bEdyU3a
You can find all the shortlisted titles in one handy list on our Bookshop.org shop - happy reading!
buff.ly/bEdyU3a
Here’s a short blog post for @gladlib.bsky.social about how lovely it is to be on the the shortlist for their Writer in Residence programme next year. www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/meet-th...
Meet the Shortlist: Alison Binney - Gladstone's Library
Introducing everyone on the Writer in Residence shortlist for 2026... First in our 'Meet the Shortlist' series is poet, teacher and lecturer Alison
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July 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Here’s a short blog post for @gladlib.bsky.social about how lovely it is to be on the the shortlist for their Writer in Residence programme next year. www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/meet-th...
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We are thrilled to announce the eight writers shortlisted for Gladstone's Library Writer in Residence in 2026!
Read about the shortlisted titles here: buff.ly/S7V0rmH
Thank you Damian Barr (@damianbarr.bsky.social) for having the inspiration for Gladstone's Library Writers in Residence!
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Read about the shortlisted titles here: buff.ly/S7V0rmH
Thank you Damian Barr (@damianbarr.bsky.social) for having the inspiration for Gladstone's Library Writers in Residence!
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July 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are thrilled to announce the eight writers shortlisted for Gladstone's Library Writer in Residence in 2026!
Read about the shortlisted titles here: buff.ly/S7V0rmH
Thank you Damian Barr (@damianbarr.bsky.social) for having the inspiration for Gladstone's Library Writers in Residence!
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Read about the shortlisted titles here: buff.ly/S7V0rmH
Thank you Damian Barr (@damianbarr.bsky.social) for having the inspiration for Gladstone's Library Writers in Residence!
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Thank you so much to Gladstone’s Library for this shortlisting for ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’. Having loved the few days I spent there last year, it would be a dream to spend a whole four weeks writing there next year www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/writer-... @gladlib.bsky.social
Writer in Residence 2026 - Shortlist Announced! - Gladstone's Library
Gladstone’s Library Announces Shortlist for 2026 Writer in Residence programme Gladstone’s Library is delighted to announce the shortlist for its
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July 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thank you so much to Gladstone’s Library for this shortlisting for ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’. Having loved the few days I spent there last year, it would be a dream to spend a whole four weeks writing there next year www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/writer-... @gladlib.bsky.social
Thank you so much, Mat, for such an incredibly careful and generous reading. I feel my poems have been offered back to me in a way that helps me to see them through fresh eyes. I feel so honoured that you’ve spent so much time with them.
I've only gone and written a review of a book by Alison Binney. And it's an excellent one. The book, that is. It's not for me to say about the review. @serenbooks.bsky.social
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London Grip Poetry Review – Alison Binney – londongrip.co.uk
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July 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Thank you so much, Mat, for such an incredibly careful and generous reading. I feel my poems have been offered back to me in a way that helps me to see them through fresh eyes. I feel so honoured that you’ve spent so much time with them.
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Brilliant to hear our 2020 Pamphlet Competition winner @alisonbinney.bsky.social on 'The Verb' on BBC R4!
Her debut collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is out on @serenbooks.bsky.social 🎉
www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Her debut collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is out on @serenbooks.bsky.social 🎉
www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
It was so lovely to record an episode of BBC R4 ‘The Verb’ yesterday, hosted by Ian McMillan and with other guests Fiona Benson, Boo Hewedine and Yvonne Lyon’s. Great to chat about fathers, witches, things that fall out of books, and even phrasal verbs. Tune in at 17.10 on 15th June to hear it!
June 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Brilliant to hear our 2020 Pamphlet Competition winner @alisonbinney.bsky.social on 'The Verb' on BBC R4!
Her debut collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is out on @serenbooks.bsky.social 🎉
www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Her debut collection, The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning, is out on @serenbooks.bsky.social 🎉
www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
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#Poetry
The Verb
Sunday 17:10
BBC Radio 4
Ian McMillan welcomes guests Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, @alisonbinney.bsky.social, Yvonne Lyon, on things that fall out of books, fathers and memory, witches - as well as a new Eartoon.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Verb
Sunday 17:10
BBC Radio 4
Ian McMillan welcomes guests Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, @alisonbinney.bsky.social, Yvonne Lyon, on things that fall out of books, fathers and memory, witches - as well as a new Eartoon.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, Alison Binney, Yvonne Lyon, Eartoon
Ian McMillan's guests are Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, Alison Binney, and Yvonne Lyon
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June 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#Poetry
The Verb
Sunday 17:10
BBC Radio 4
Ian McMillan welcomes guests Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, @alisonbinney.bsky.social, Yvonne Lyon, on things that fall out of books, fathers and memory, witches - as well as a new Eartoon.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Verb
Sunday 17:10
BBC Radio 4
Ian McMillan welcomes guests Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, @alisonbinney.bsky.social, Yvonne Lyon, on things that fall out of books, fathers and memory, witches - as well as a new Eartoon.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Dark Peak, February' by Alison Binney @alisonbinney.bsky.social
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Poem Of The Week: <i>Dark Peak, February</i> By Alison Binney
Dark Peak, February
stone walls lean green-furred
faces into horizontal hail
snowdrops nod huddled heads
at mute daffodil spears
starlings witter and wheel
tumbling to earth like leaves
water gnaw...
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June 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Dark Peak, February' by Alison Binney @alisonbinney.bsky.social
www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
It was so lovely to record an episode of BBC R4 ‘The Verb’ yesterday, hosted by Ian McMillan and with other guests Fiona Benson, Boo Hewedine and Yvonne Lyon’s. Great to chat about fathers, witches, things that fall out of books, and even phrasal verbs. Tune in at 17.10 on 15th June to hear it!
June 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It was so lovely to record an episode of BBC R4 ‘The Verb’ yesterday, hosted by Ian McMillan and with other guests Fiona Benson, Boo Hewedine and Yvonne Lyon’s. Great to chat about fathers, witches, things that fall out of books, and even phrasal verbs. Tune in at 17.10 on 15th June to hear it!
Looking forward to a series of launch events for ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ over the next few months. Details in this link: alisonbinney.co.uk/category/lat...
May 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Looking forward to a series of launch events for ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ over the next few months. Details in this link: alisonbinney.co.uk/category/lat...
I’m really looking forward to another visit to Wave of Nostalgia in Haworth where I’ll be reading from ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ at 7pm on Thursday 29th May. Tickets to attend in-person or online here: www.waveofnostalgia.co.uk/event-ticket...
An evening of poetry with Alison Binney - The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning 7PM 290525 Wave of Nostalgia or Zoom — Wave of Nostalgia
If Swedish death cleaning is the practice of decluttering one’s own life, this collection is its opposite. Here, items from a parental home jostle for position – chalk, spice jars, a Tupperware Party ...
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May 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I’m really looking forward to another visit to Wave of Nostalgia in Haworth where I’ll be reading from ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ at 7pm on Thursday 29th May. Tickets to attend in-person or online here: www.waveofnostalgia.co.uk/event-ticket...
Lovely to see ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ as today’s Friday Poem from @serenbooks.bsky.social. I’m very happy with the Cornish blue and white stripy egg cups to go with it! www.serenbooks.com/2025/04/frid...
Friday Poem – ‘The opposite of Swedish death cleaning’ by Alison Binney - Seren
This week’s Friday Poem is the title poem from ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ by Alison Binney.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Lovely to see ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ as today’s Friday Poem from @serenbooks.bsky.social. I’m very happy with the Cornish blue and white stripy egg cups to go with it! www.serenbooks.com/2025/04/frid...
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Happy Publication Day @alisonbinney.bsky.social! Her new poetry collection ‘The Opposite if Swedish Death Cleaning’ is published today. Pick up your copy from your local bookshop www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
April 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy Publication Day @alisonbinney.bsky.social! Her new poetry collection ‘The Opposite if Swedish Death Cleaning’ is published today. Pick up your copy from your local bookshop www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
Here’s my poem ‘Chalk’ in celebration of my Mum, who died in 2004, and her chalk tin, which helps me feel connected to her. It’s from my forthcoming @serenbooks.bsky.social collection, ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’: www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
March 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Here’s my poem ‘Chalk’ in celebration of my Mum, who died in 2004, and her chalk tin, which helps me feel connected to her. It’s from my forthcoming @serenbooks.bsky.social collection, ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’: www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
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Coming soon: We're delighted to reveal the cover for @alisonbinney.bsky.social’s highly anticipated debut collection ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...
March 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Coming soon: We're delighted to reveal the cover for @alisonbinney.bsky.social’s highly anticipated debut collection ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’. Pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/the-opp...