natalie ann holborow.
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About Nat
Natalie Ann Holborow is a Wales Book of the Year shortlistee, winner of the Terry Hetherington Award and the Robin Reeves Prize and has been shortlisted and commended for the Bridport Prize, the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, and the Cursed Murphy Spoken Word Award among others.
Her writing residencies with the British Council, Literature Wales and Kultivera have seen her writing and performing poetry in Wales, Ireland, Sweden and India.
She has appeared at Hay Festival and on BBC Radio 4’s The Verb with Ian Macmillan.
Little Universe is her third full poetry collection. Natalie lives in Swansea, is a proud patron of local charity The Leon Heart Fund, and runs marathons to raise funds.
Wild Running, her first non-fiction book, is out with Seren in September 2025.
BOOKs.
Books can be purchased from all good bookstores, but if you’d like a personalised, signed copy please just get in touch.
Small
And Suddenly You Find Yourself
Little Universe
Wild Running
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events.
Wild Running @ Bookspace Cardiff | 18th Sept 2025 | 6.30pm
In Wild Running, prize-winning poet and keen runner Natalie Ann Holborow showcases fourteen trails of varying lengths and difficulty, all within easy reach of South Wales’ towns and cities. The book includes all the practical information you’ll need, but this is more than just a guidebook. Natalie writes beautifully and with insight about the culture, history and natural environment around each route. She explores what running means to her, as both a physical and creative outlet. Running improves well-being. Whether you’re a novice or a veteran runner, Wild Running will guide you on your path. Book your tickets here.
Wild Running @ Waterstones Swansea | 1st Oct 2025 | 6pm
Join us as we welcome the award-winning Swansea writer Natalie Ann Holborow to the shop!
Natalie will be talking about her brand new book, Wild Running: South Wales with Bronwen Price, CEO of Seren Books. Attendance is free, so no need to book in advance!
Neath Literary Tour @ Neath Arts Festival | 17th Oct 2025 | 3pm
“An odyssey through a smouldering town…” So claimed Lewis Davies in his first novel “Work, Sex and Rugby” which was set in and around the pubs, rugby pitches and building sites of Neath. It was published in 1993 and has gone onto be one of the best-selling Welsh novels. He is joined by the rising star of the Welsh poetry world Natalie Ann Holborow, formerly of Skewen and a winner of the Terry Hetherington Award, and the writer Patricia James, author of “Belonging”. It all starts at the statue of Howell Gwyn in Victoria Gardens at 3pm and concludes with tea and Welshcakes at the Town Hall. Sensible shoes recommended and fully accessible throughout. Tickets here.
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