Description
Allison McVety’s The Night Trotsky Came to Stay won the Poetry Business International Book and Pamphlet Competition in 2006, judged by Vivki Feaver. It was shortlisted for the Forward Best First Collection Prize, and enthusiastic reviews identified her as one of the most talented and engaging of recent writers. Allison was shortlisted for the inaugural MMU Poetry Prize in 2008 and has published a further outstanding collection in 2010, Miming Happiness.