One of the pleasures of being in a local Poetry Society such as Preston Poets is that there are always people who know stuff about poets I should have heard of.

Last night David Wilkinson gave a fascinating talk on:

Norman Nicholson - The underappreciated Lake Poet

Norman Nicholson was born in Millom, Cumbria, in 1914 and lived there for the rest of his life. He was award the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1977, and the OBE in 1981.

Nicholson also wrote what David thought of as the best Guide to the Lakes ever written.

David is an antiquarian bookseller and member of our Society and brought along 12 copies of Nicholson’s selected poems which he handed out to keep.