Hilary Watson poet
About Hilary
Hilary Watson grew up in and around Cardiff. She graduated from the University of Warwick Writers’ Programme with a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing and an MA in Writing. She was a Jerwood/Arvon Mentee 2015/16. She is a member of The 57 Poetry Collective. She works in the third sector. Her collaborative thrutopian poetry collection We'll Meet You There with poets Ilse Pedler and Alice Willitts is out with Dialect Press. Her first collection Menagerie Street is forthcoming from Seren Books in July 2026.
Current Project - Thrutopia
Hilary is currently exploring thrutopian poetry, having completed the Thrutopian Masterclass, alongside fellow writers Alice Willitts, Ilse Pedler, Elizabeth Lewis Williams, Katherine Stansfield, Laura Baggaley and Rachel Connor.
Bending The Arc is a new magazine for thrutopian writing. Edition 1 launched on Earth Day 2025. All posts can be found here.
