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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.