Lydia Harris: ‘There being no trace, no local knowledge’

Lydia Harris reads ‘There being no trace, no local knowledge’ Lydia was Highly Commended in the 2023 International Book & Pamphlet Competition. Lydia Harris has made her home in the Orkney island of Westray. Her first pamphlet Glad Not to be the Corpse was published by Smiths Knoll in 2012. In 2017 she held a Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Award. Her first full collection Objects for Private Devotion published by Pindrop was long listed for the Highland Book Prize.  Poetry Bites is a podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Poetry Business⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a publisher and writer development agency dedicated to discovering, developing and publishing outstanding new poetry.