Chris Hardy

Chris Hardy’s poems have appeared in the Rialto, Poetry Review, the North, Tears in the Fence and many other magazines, anthologies, (e.g., The Forward Prize) and websites in the UK, Europe and elsewhere. He has won prizes in the UK National Poetry Society, and other competitions. His third collection was published in July 2012 by Graft Poetry (www.graftpoetry.co.uk). Chris plays guitar in the trio LiTTLe MACHiNe (little-machine.com), performing their settings of classic poems. They are appearing at Literary in the UK and elsewhere.
Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate of England, has described them as "the most brilliant music and poetry band in the world."