Helen Calcutt is a poet, dance artist and choreographer based in Birmingham. Her pamphlet ‘Somehow’ (Verve Poetry Press 2020) was a PBS Winter Bulletin Pamphlet, and Poetry School Book of the Year (longlist, 2020). Her highly acclaimed anthology, ‘Eighty-Four’ (Verve, 2019) created in aid of the suicide prevention charity CALM, was a Saboteur Award shortlist, and a Poetry Wales Book of the Year (2019). Her writing has been published extensively in journals and magazines, including the Guardian, the Huffington Post, Poetry London, Poetry Wales, Poetry Ireland, Wild Court and many others. She was one of six poets selected to perform as part of the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 2022, broadcast live to over one billion people around the world. Helen was awarded an honorary doctorate by Loughborough University in December 2023 for her ‘outstanding contribution to creative writing and work in raising awareness of issues related to social inclusivity’. She is Artistic Director of ‘Beyond Words’, a ground-breaking new company exploring text-to-movement translation.