All About Our Mothers - Nine Series Anthology 1

’All About Our Mothers’ is an anthology of poetry from poets Vasiliki Albedo, Mary Mulholland and Simon Maddrell.

Vasiliki Albedo’s poems have appeared in Anthropocene, AMBIT, Beloit Poetry Journal, Lighthouse Literary Journal, Magma, The Rialto, The Morning Star, Poetry Salzburg Review, Mslexia, The Poetry School brochure and elsewhere. In 2017, she came second in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition (EAL) and joint-third in the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize. Nominated for Pushcart Prizes, Vasiliki was joint-winner in the Guernsey International ’Poems on Buses’ in 2021, commended in the National Poetry Competition 2018 and the Hippocrates Prize 021. Fire in the Oubliette was joint-winner of the Live Canon Pamphlet Competition 2020. She is a member of The Crocodile Collective.

Mary Mulholland’s poems have been widely published in magazines such as AMBIT, Arc, Fenland Poetry Journal, Finished Creatures, High Window, London Grip, Perverse, Snakeskin, Under the Radar, and in several anthologies. Twice-winner in Poetry Society Members’ competitions, she also won the Momaya Poetry Prize, and been commended or shortlisted in competitions including Aesthetica, Artlyst, Aryamati, Bridport, Trim, Wasafiri, Winchester, Live Canon Pamphlet Prize and appeared on several longlists, most recently Fish. Mary holds a Newcastle/Poetry School MA in Writing Poetry, co-edits The Alchemy Spoon, runs Red Door Poets and is a founding member of The Crocodile Collective.

Simon Maddrell was born in the Isle of Man in 1965 and raised in Bolton. After twenty years in London, he moved to Brighton & Hove in 2020.

He has been published in various anthologies and diverse publications such as AMBIT, Butcher’s Dog, Stand, The New European, Morning Star, Brittle Star, The Dawntreader, Perverse, Impossible Archetype. In 2020, Simon was first runner-up in the Frogmore Poetry Prize, longlisted for The Rialto Nature and Place Competition and Poetry London Mentoring Scheme.

Also in 2020 Simon’s debut pamphlet, Throatbone, was published by UnCollected Press and Queerfella jointly-won The Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition.