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John Glenday was born in Broughty Ferry in 1952. He grew up in Monifieth, Tay Estuar. Now he lives in Cawdor with his wife Erika. He has three sons, two stepchildren and two grand daughters. He worked for NHS Highland as an addictions counsellor.

His work appeared in Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Poetry (Chicago), The Scotsman, The Guardian, Financial Times, Wascana Reviewand Ploughshares to name but a few.

His first collection, The Apple Ghost, won a Scottish Arts Council Book Award and his second, Undark, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, as was his third, Grain. He won the XE Nathan Prize in 1994 for After Versalius (from Undark). In 2010 he was shortlisted…

The Apple Ghost. Peterloo Poets. 1989. ISBN 978-1-871471-05-2.
Undark. Peterloo Poets. 1995. ISBN 978-1-871471-60-1.
Grain. Picador. 2009. ISBN 978-0-330-46134-4.
The Golden Mean. Picador. 2015. ISBN 978-1447253914.

Scottish Arts Council Book Prize for The Apple Ghost
Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Undark
Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Grain

1994 - The XE Nathan Prize in for the poem After Versalius (from Undark).
2010 - Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award 2010 for Grain.
2010 - Shortlisted for The Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for Grain