James McDermott’s poetry collections include Wild Life (Nine Arches Press; shortlisted for an East Anglian Book Award 2023), ‘Erased’ (Polari Press) and Manatomy (Burning Eye; longlisted for Polari’s First Book Prize 2021). Plays published by Samuel French include ‘Jab’ (Finborough Theatre; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2024), ‘Time and Tide’ (Park Theatre/Tour; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2020) and ‘Rubber Ring’ (Pleasance Islington/Tour). James is one of the writers on ‘EastEnders’ and has written multiple episodes. He is an Arvon writing tutor and lectures in creative writing at The University Of East Anglia.

“Father Myself is a bright devastation of a book, a meditation on father-son love, queerness, loss, imperfection, and a man slowly becoming his own father. Lyrical, haunting and exquisitely rendered.”

James McDermott’s poetry collections include Wild Life (Nine Arches Press; shortlisted for an East Anglian Book Award 2023), ‘Erased’ (Polari Press) and Manatomy (Burning Eye; longlisted for Polari’s First Book Prize 2021). Plays published by Samuel French include ‘Jab’ (Finborough Theatre; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2024), ‘Time and Tide’ (Park Theatre/Tour; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2020) and ‘Rubber Ring’ (Pleasance Islington/Tour). James is one of the writers on ‘EastEnders’ and has written multiple episodes. He is an Arvon writing tutor and lectures in creative writing at The University Of East Anglia.

“Father Myself is a bright devastation of a book, a meditation on father-son love, queerness, loss, imperfection, and a man slowly becoming his own father. Lyrical, haunting and exquisitely rendered.”

James McDermott’s poetry collections include Wild Life (Nine Arches Press; shortlisted for an East Anglian Book Award 2023), ‘Erased’ (Polari Press) and Manatomy (Burning Eye; longlisted for Polari’s First Book Prize 2021). Plays published by Samuel French include ‘Jab’ (Finborough Theatre; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2024), ‘Time and Tide’ (Park Theatre/Tour; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2020) and ‘Rubber Ring’ (Pleasance Islington/Tour). James is one of the writers on ‘EastEnders’ and has written multiple episodes. He is an Arvon writing tutor and lectures in creative writing at The University Of East Anglia.

“Father Myself is a bright devastation of a book, a meditation on father-son love, queerness, loss, imperfection, and a man slowly becoming his own father. Lyrical, haunting and exquisitely rendered.”