Official Biography

Taken in 2025 at a bookshop that refuses to stock my work. More fool them.

S Reeson [she/they] is 59 and bisexual. They have been published by The Poetry Society, The Daily Telegraph, [*] Bloomsbury/OneWorld, Nine Arches Press, Acropolis Journal and Ink, Sweat and Tears: their work has appeared in over 30 independent publications, literary magazines and anthologies since 2018.

A debut pamphlet, Flammable Solid, was published by Flight of the Dragonfly Press in 2022. A chapbook, No Gloss: No Veneer, No Filter was published by Back Room Press in 2023. This was named after their Substack [**], which has now evolved into a newsletter distributed via Ghost.

As a rule, their published work aims only to have two word titles.

S has both performed and facilitated at the Essex Book Festival, taken part in over 50 Open Mic events (both in person and online), operated Zoom Rooms for other poets (including Dr Kim Moore, Clare Shaw and Andrew McMillan) and become both a mentor and advocate for poets and writers in their home town.

In 2025 they supported local poet Jen Feroze at the in-person local launch of her award-winning pamphlet A Dress with Deep Pockets. A short film (Fluidity) was premiered as as part of the 2025 Estuary Festival, and their poetry became part of a collective, ekphrastic response to the film and music of EDM artist Alan Abrahams entitled Transitions which was exhibited at Space Studios, Romford, between September and December. They also established a Poetry Society Stanza group known as Stanza on Sea.

In 2026 they will be the Official Poet in Residences for the Leigh Art Trail. A solo exhibition will take place at the Clifftown Telephone Museum between June and July, with a one day-popup Exhibition and performance space booked at HOFS in Hadleigh for early November. They are also an enthusiastic advocate for Southend Creatives, and sit on their steering group.

When not writing, taking photographs or enjoying making playlists of obscure genres of music they are getting very close to being able to dead-lift and pull up their own body weight [***].

[*] I'm not particularly proud or enthusiastic about appearing in a right-wing newspaper. I used to dream of getting into the Guardian, but that's also a bit wank now too, so what's a radical to do?
[**] That same radical is not sticking on a platform that's been bankrolled by unethical backers and which prioritises gambling and platforming extremism ahead of truth and honesty. Principle and ethics matter, kids.
[***] Not obviously at the same time.