
Alison Binney
@aebinney
English teacher, PGCE course tutor and poet. | Mslexia Pamphlet Competiton winner | ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ available from Seren Books
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Lovely to see ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ as today’s Friday Poem from Seren Books. I’m very happy with the Cornish blue and white stripy egg cups to go with it! serenbooks.com/2025/04/friday…

Huge congratulations to past mentee Alison Binney on the publication of her debut full collection. Out now!

Alison Binney Congratulations, Alison! That has to be one of the best poetry collection titles going so far this year!





I love this collection by Alison Binney! English teachers out there, she’s one of our own and she’s a wonderful poet, so do take a look.

June poetry collected by ✨Mab Jones✨ featuring Alison Binney and * buzzmag.co.uk/new-poetry-jun…
#Poetry The Verb Sunday 17:10 BBC Radio 4 Ian McMillan welcomes guests Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, Alison Binney, Yvonne Lyon, on things that fall out of books, fathers and memory, witches - as well as a new Eartoon. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Very moving to hear Alison Binney (Alison Binney) on Ian McMillan's The Verb this evening, reading a poem from her collection 'The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning'; the descriptions unique to an individual Alzheimer's sufferer evoke the universal.

Here’s the copper font ‘that stretched our faces like toffee’ in Norwich Cathedral, from my poem ‘Muscle Memory’ which featured on last night’s episode of The Verb with Ian McMillan. It was donated by Rowntree’s chocolate factory when it closed down. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…


I’m delighted with my signed copy of this wonderful poetry collection from Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation. These poems jump, dance, skip, chuckle, cackle, shout, sing and, of course, SNAP off the page. Just brilliant!


Thanks so much, English & Media Ctr, for including my poetry collection in your Summer Reads. It’s an honour to be there in such good company, and I’m looking forward to reading some of the other recommendations on this list.

What a gorgeous review - and coming from such a wonderful poet as Alison Binney makes it all the more thrilling. Thank you Alison! amazon.co.uk/Snap-Poems-Chi…



Thank you so much to Gladstone’s Library for this shortlisting for ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’. Having experienced a few days there last year, it would be such a dream to spend four whole weeks writing there next year gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/writer-in… Gladstone's Library

Thank you so much to Gladstone's Library for this wonderful opportunity, and congratulations to everyone on the shortlist.

Here’s a short blog post for Gladstone's Library about how lovely it is to be on the shortlist for their Writer in Residence programme next year. gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/meet-the-…
