John Osborne

The poet that makes you go “aaahh…” – in a good way. John Osborne has been melting the hearts of festival-goers and barflies across the country for four years now, with poems that steer a skilful course between the mundane, the sentimental and the extraordinary. Having successfully fictionalised his addiction to the wireless in Radio Head (Radio 4′s Book of the Week) his second book, The Newsagent’s Window, is forthcoming in May from Simon & Schuster.

Nasty Little Press published his first poetry pamphlet, What if Men Burst in Wearing Balaclavas?, in February 2010. His second – The New Blur Album – is published in July 2011.

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