Zoë Skoulding


Zoë Skoulding is an English-born poet resident in Wales, whose work also encompasses translation, editing, sound-based vocal performance, literary criticism and teaching creative writing. Her poetry has been included in several UK anthologies, translated into 18 languages and presented widely at international festivals.

Career

Skoulding is a senior lecturer at Bangor University, where her research focuses on urban space, contemporary women's poetry and translation. She has been involved in several collaborative poetry translation projects, including Metropoetica and poetry of the city, and translated from French the selected poems of Luxembourg poet Jean Portante.
Her musical collaborations include the psychogeographical collective Parking Non-Stop and sound art/poetry performances with Alan Holmes.
As Editor of Poetry Wales. from 2008 to 2014, she maintained the magazine's international focus and broadened its scope to include more experimental forms of poetry.
Skoulding has written lyrics for the Welsh musicians Rheinallt H Rowlands and David Wrench, with whom she also played bass. She has performed with the "anglo-welsh kosmische supergroup" The Serpents.

Personal life

Zoë Skoulding was born in Bradford, United Kingdom in 1967. Having lived in East Anglia, India and Belgium, she now resides in North Wales with her musician husband, Alan Holmes.

Poetry collections