Oz Hardwick

Oz Hardwick Oz Hardwick is a York-based writer, photographer, lecturer and occasional musician. As well as two well-received poetry collections, The Kind Ghosts (2004) and Carrying Fire (2006), he has published widely in international literary journals and performed throughout Europe and the US. He has also published widely on art and literary history and is a Reader in English at Leeds Trinity University College.

Sample poem: The Dreamfisher

Oversteps publications

The Illuminated Dreamer (2010)

“Oz Hardwick is a modern troubadour, incessantly travelling through place and memory, sensitive, responsive, eager to share his findings, ready to turn every chance encounter, every piercing thought into a memorable song. Read this collection and you’ll soon have Oz Hardwick as one of the best poetic companions you could wish for.” Michael Blackburn

“Oz Hardwick’s verse continues to grow from strength to strength; it’s inventive, feisty and crafted with sparkling and memorable images.” Jack Mapanje

Recent news

  • A new book by Oz Hardwick, prose rather than poetry, will be  published by Boydell & Brewer on 21st July. It’s ‘English Medieval Misericords: The Margins of Meaning’. and sounds really interesting.

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  • Oz Hardwick is reading at Glastonbury this week. He is one of the poets in residence at the Mandala Stage, reading every day and playing a set with his duo ‘Sixpenny Wayke’



  • Oz Hardwick is reading at Plymouth Proprietary Library, Alton Terrace, 111 North Hill, at 10.00am on Saturday 16thApril. Admission is free, but booking is recommended.
    Telephone: 01752 660515