John Lancaster (writer)

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John Lancaster (born 18 April 1946) is a British poet and writer. He has published six collections of poetry: Effects of War (1986);^[1] Split Shift (with Geoff Hattersley) (1990);^[2] The Barman (1993),^[3] Here In Scotland (with Milan Knizak) (2000) and Potters: A Division of Labour (2017) which won the inaugural Arnold Bennett Book Prize. His latest collection is Where The Trent Rises (2023) from Clayhanger Press.