Adrian Buckner is a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Derby. In 1999 he became the first Nottinghamshire Poet Laureate. He edited Poetry Nottingham, which was rebranded as ASSENT in 2009. He was also on the editorial board for Nottingham-based Staple Magazine. He has published two collections and a pamphlet with Five Leaves: Downshifting, Contains Mild Peril and Bed Time Reading.

Adrian will be giving an online reading of some of his new work in the New Year.

This interview is pre-recorded and will be released on our YouTube channel at 7pm on December 15th. Tune in then and join in the live chat, or watch any time afterwards at your leisure.