Tom Pickard was born in 1946, growing up in the working-class suburbs of Cowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Blakelaw, and has published fourteen books of poetry, the first being High on the Walls (Fulcrum Press London; 1967) and the latest being Fiends Fell (Flood Editions, Chicago; 2017).  Jeremy Noel-Tod has described him as ‘one of our finest lyric poets’.  His Ballad of Jamie Allen was a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle awards.  Pickard has worked extensively with musicians, including John Harle and Paul McCartney.  He has also made documentary films for British television.  He is currently working on volume two of Fiends Fell.

Other works include:

High on the Walls (Fulcrum Press London; 1967)

The Order of Chance (Fulcrum Press, London; 1971)

Dancing Under Fire (Middle Earth Books, Philadelphia; 1973)

Hero Dust (Allison and Busby, London; 1979)

OK Tree (Pig Press, Durham; 1980)

Jarrow March (Allison and Busby, London; 1981)

Custom and Exile (Allison and Busby, London; 1985)

We Make Ships (Secker and Warburgh; 1986)

Tiepin Eros (Bloodaxe , Newcastle; 1994)

Fuckwind (Etruscan Books, Buckfastleigh; 1999)

Hole in the Wall (Flood Editions, Chicago; 2002)

Tyne Txts [with Bill Griffiths] (Amara Imprint, Seaham; 2004)

The Dark Months of May (Flood Editions, Chicago; 2004)

Ballad of Jamie Allan (Flood Editions: Chicago; 2008)

hoyoot: Collected Poems and Songs (Carcanet, Manchester; 2014)

Winter Migrants (Carcanet, Manchester; 2016)

Fiends Fell (Flood Editions, Chicago; 2017)