biography

Poetry

Alison Hill’s first poetry collection, Peppercorn Rent, was published by Flarestack in 2008 and launched at Rhythm & Muse. She has given readings at the Troubadour in Earls Court, Camden Irish Centre and Tongues & Grooves in Southsea.
Her work has appeared in a range of magazines and anthologies and her poem ‘Blush’ was highly commended in the Yeovil Literary Prize 2006. She has had poems translated into Romanian and German (see poetrypf.co.uk).

Rapunzel

The head of the girl with pigtails
has been placed halfway
up the crimson staircase.

Her back to the window,
she dreams of a sky she cannot see
trees she cannot climb.

The head of a girl with pigtails
catches our eye as we ascend –
again as we go down.

Her patina gaze is unnerving:
she is girlhood without the games,
skipping without the rope.

Alison Hill's pared-down and poignant poems balance the frozen state of sculpture with the life it celebrates. Her response to Dora Gordine's work in Dorich House is a set of small pictures for a reader to reflect on - just what good poems should be.

Claire Crowther


	Speranza Alison is one half of a poetry duo with Judith Watts and Speranza has appeared at the cornerHOUSE, Tolworth and the Mary Wallace Theatre, Twickenham. Speranza also featured in the 2009 Accidental Festival at the Roundhouse in Camden, and played a part in Performing Lives, an international conference at Kingston University.



	Plays Alison’s first play, Stalking Oscar, was staged at the cornerHOUSE in September 2008 as part of One Acts week. Set in Père Lachaise, the three-hander explored ‘sexual intrigue among Wildean devotees in Paris’. She also directed Natural Selection Panel at the cornerHOUSE. Alison is currently working on several new scripts.



	Work Alison is part-time Events Manager for Kingston Arts Council – www.kac.org.uk She also works as a freelance writer and editor for the DCMS, Arts Council England, Arts & Business and the V&A Museum. Contact Alison on 020 8977 4610 or email if you need an experienced writer, editor or project manager.