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POETS
Created: 20th June, 2017

A F Harrold

A F Harrold is a poet, performer and children's author. He was Glastonbury Festival Website's Poet-In-Residence in 2008, and Poet-In-Residence at Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2010. His work for children includes several books with the character Fizzlebert Stump (including Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Did P.E. in his Pants), The Imaginary, The Song from Somewhere Else and the poetry collection Things You Find In A Poet's Beard. AF Harrold was one of the poet tutors on CLPE's Power of Poetry project, funded by Arts Council England in 2016-17, leading a session on Language and Wordplay.  He chaired the panel of judges for CLiPPA 2019. He has compiled the poems for Midnight Feasts: Tasty Poems illustrated by Katy Ridell which was shortlisted for the CLiPPA 2020.