Judith Palmer

Judith Palmer is well known as a writer and commentator in the press and broadcast media, has written and presented numerous poetry documentaries for BBC Radio 4 which include the regular series, Poetry Societies, and the 1968 anniversary programme Voices at 40. Her most recent post was at The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University, where she was Public Programme Manager. She has also just completed an oral history project for the Library, recording the experiences of women writers and magazine editors. After beginning her career in publishing, she went on to work on the literature programme at the South Bank Centre where she was very involved with Poetry International and the Poetry Library. She has organised many international writers’ tours, including the Cowboy Poets, and promoted the first UK tours from New York’s Nuyorican Poets Café. Amongst other literary roles, she has also been Chair of The Poetry School and a judge on the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.