Liz Adams’ work often addresses semi-autobiographical questions, relating to how we process emotion, and how these aspects form their own effects in both poetry and fiction. In her recent poetry Liz brings together significant moments from her own life within the context of Dartmoor, where she has lived for several years; Dartmoor has had a huge impact on her work, through its incredible landscapes, wildlife, and uniqueness. In her fiction Liz currently explores themes relating to motherhood, illness, and bereavement. Her work has been published in print and online, nationally and internationally. She has worked in collaboration with musicians and dancers, as well as returning to her love of painting. This in turn led to a sequence of poems inspired by abstract paintings, that was shortlisted in the Periplum Pamphlet Competition. Another poem, ‘writing you,’ was longlisted for the Keats-Shelley Prize. Liz is a graduate of the University of East Anglia’s Creative Writing Prose MA, and a graduate of the MRes in Humanities and Cultural Studies at the London Consortium. She has performed her work at many venues, and for several years co-hosted Uncut Poets with Alasdair Paterson. She has facilitated creative writing workshops for several organisations freelance and was an organiser of the Exeter Poetry Festival.
Liz is currently working on a novel and a sequence of poetry. She lives with her husband and daughter.