About

Michael Sutton is a poet and artist from Liverpool. He is the author of several books of poetry and his work has been featured internationally in various anthologies and journals, such as minor literature[s], 3:AM Magazine, BlazeVOX, and Poetry Salzburg Review. His poetry has received multiple awards, including the Streetcake Experimental Writing Prize, and he has performed his work far and wide, becoming a regular feature of the European Poetry Festival,

His sound-based work includes the compilations Woodhouse Moore 0424-0436am (Post-Ascemic Press) and Tilt (Angry Starlings). His sonic interests have extended into performance through various collaborative vocal pieces commissioned by Poem Brut and the European Poetry Festival, which have been performed in Liverpool, London and York.

He currently researches at the University of Leeds, where he is undertaking a PhD in Poetry. He is also the co-founder and editor of Overground Underground magazine and press, publishing ‘literature for the non-apocalypse’ since 2021.