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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…

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I’m really looking forward to another visit to Wave of Nostalgia in Haworth where I’ll be reading from ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ at 7pm on Thursday 29th May. Tickets to attend in-person or online here: waveofnostalgia.co.uk/event-tickets/…

I’m really looking forward to another visit to Wave of Nostalgia in Haworth where I’ll be reading from ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ at 7pm on Thursday 29th May. Tickets to attend in-person or online here: waveofnostalgia.co.uk/event-tickets/…
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Looking forward to a series of launch events for ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’, starting with the wonderful Wave of Nostalgia bookshop in Haworth on Thursday. Details in this link: alisonbinney.co.uk/category/lates…

Looking forward to a series of launch events for ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’, starting with the wonderful Wave of Nostalgia bookshop in Haworth on Thursday. Details in this link: alisonbinney.co.uk/category/lates…
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Thanks so much for this generous and astute reading of my poem. I love that phrase ‘the aching release from winter’ - something that feels all the more poignant given that I wrote this poem in February 2020…

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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.

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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…

Here’s the copper font ‘that stretched our faces like toffee’ in <a href="/Nrw_Cathedral/">Norwich Cathedral</a>, from my poem ‘Muscle Memory’ which featured on last night’s episode of <a href="/R4TheVerb/">The Verb</a> with <a href="/IMcMillan/">Ian McMillan</a>. It was donated by Rowntree’s chocolate factory when it closed down. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
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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!

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

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Poetry review – The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning: Mat Riches enjoys Alison Binney’s deft handling and close examination of familiar subjects: londongrip.co.uk/2025/07/london…

Poetry review – The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning: Mat Riches enjoys Alison Binney’s deft handling and close examination of familiar subjects: londongrip.co.uk/2025/07/london…
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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

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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-…

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We hope you are as excited as we are about our Writer in Residence Shortlist for 2026! You can find all the shortlisted titles in one handy list on our Bookshop.org shop - happy reading! buff.ly/bEdyU3a

We hope you are as excited as we are about our Writer in Residence Shortlist for 2026!

You can find all the shortlisted titles in one handy list on our Bookshop.org shop - happy reading!

buff.ly/bEdyU3a