Emma Purshouse is a freelance writer, performance poet and slam champion.  She was the first Poet Laureate for the City of Wolverhampton (2020 – 2022).  Emma writes for both children and adults.  Her children’s collection, ‘I Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat’ (Fair Acre Press), won the poetry section of the Rubery Book Award in 2016.  Her poetry collection ‘Close’ (Offa’s Press) was shortlisted for the same award in 2019.  Emma’s first novel ‘Dogged’ (Ignite Books) was published early in 2021.  Earlier this year she was awarded 3rd place in the National Poetry Competition.  Emma has performed her work at spoken word nights and festivals across the UK.

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