Clare Shaw (they/them) has four poetry collections with Bloodaxe. Their latest collection Towards a General Theory of Love (2022) won a Northern Writer’s Award and was a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2022. With a background in mental health and education, Clare is a keen advocate for creative writing as a tool of social and personal change. Their writing often engages with the intersections of ecology, resilience and social justice, and they work with organisations across the UK – from workplaces, schools and community groups to literary organisations like Wordsworth Grasmere, the Royal Literary Fund and the Arvon Foundation.