June 4th 2026 – PAM THOMPSON

Fire River Poets are delighted to welcome poet Pam Thompson for the guest reading in June.

Pam Thompson is a writer, educator and reviewer based in Leicester. Her works include include The Japan Quiz (Redbeck Press, 2009) and Show Date and Time, (Smith|Doorstop, 2006). Her collection, Strange Fashion, was published by Pindrop Press in 2017. Pam was winner of the 2023 Paper Swans Pamphlet Competition and her prize-winning pamphlet, Sub/urban Legends (Paper Swans Press) was published in March 2025. Pam is a Hawthornden Fellow.