William Scammell was born in 1939 at Hythe, Hampshire. He left school at 15 and worked in a wide variety of jobs – including journalism and photography – before returning to full-time study as a mature student at Bristol University. Since then he has worked as an adult education tutor, first with the WEA in Gloucestershire, currently as Staff Tutor in Literature in Cumbria for Newcastle University’s Department of Adult Education. He is married, and has two sons. After many years of writing prose, he began writing poetry in the early 1970’s. Yes And No is his first collection.
Harry Chambers / Peterloo Poets
‘First, something just has to be said about the quality of the books that are coming from Harry Chambers / Peterloo Poets. They are a delight and superior to any paperbacks that I have seen recently from what are usually thought of as our leading publishing houses.’ Neil Curry / AMBIT (1979)
‘Harry Chambers continues to give remarkable value with his Peterloo Poets.’ Christopher Hope / LONDON MAGAZINE (June 1979)
‘Side Effects, beautifully produced and a pleasure to handle, is the most accomplished first book of poems I have come across in several years. Quite simply, it demands to be read.’ Charles Causley SW (May/June 1979)
YES AND NO Price £1.50 per copy post free Cover illustration: PIERO di COSIMO, Profile of a Young Woman (Musée Condé, Chantilly). Publication: JANUARY 1979 (56 pages laminated paperback)