Andrew Oldham is a disabled writer, journalist and eco-critic. He is a Jerwood-Arvon fiction nominee and his short fiction made the final 50 in the BBC Short Story Award 2021. His fiction has appeared in Mechanics’ Institute Review, The Times Magazine, The Cantabrigian, Transmission, Gargoyle and Unthology 5. His work has been heard on BBC Radio Four’s Poetry Please and Channel 4. He is an ex-BBC journalist and has written for The Guardian. He has contributed on the climate change debate in several publications including The New Statesman. Andrew is a member of the Society of Authors and Garden Media Guild. Andrew is also well know for his garden writing, he appears regularly in Amateur Gardening and Country Smallholder. You can find more on his garden writing at www.lifeonpigrow.co.uk.
Andrew’s poetry pamphlets include Technical Support (1997), Columns of Frozen Light (1998), Breathing Slowly? (1999) and the collection, Ghosts of a Low Moon (Lapwing, Belfast, 2010). His most recent poetry work was for UNESCO World Poetry Day 2021. His poetry has been heard on BBC Radio Four’s Poetry Please.
Andrew has also been a writer for BBC Drama, Contact Theatre and the Octagon. He is a recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Bursary and a NW Vision Film Award.
Andrew now splits his time between educational work, presenting, writing fiction and journalism.
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