Rite of Passage

Dom Bury is a writer, poet and environmentalist. He lives in Devon and runs workshops on the emotional and human impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. He has been published recently in magazines and anthologies including The Poetry Review, Poetry London, Poetry Ireland, Poetry Wales, Magma, Ambit, Iota, The North, Oxford Poetry, The New European, and Best British Poetry. He has received an Eric Gregory Award, a Jerwood/Arvon Mentorship, and won the 2017 National Poetry Competition. He also won the Magma Poetry Prize and 2nd Prize in the Resurgence Ecopoetry Competition and was a finalist in the Ballymaloe International Poetry Competition. He has performed his work on BBC Radio 4, at Aldeburgh, Ledbury and other poetry festivals, and his work has been made into film by the Poetry Society. His first collection Rite of Passage is due from Bloodaxe in 2021.