A B Jackson

A.B. (Andrew Buchanan) Jackson was born in 1965 in Glasgow and raised in the north-west of England. After secondary school in Fife, he studied English Literature at Edinburgh University where he met fellow student Roddy Lumsden. They shared a flat for three years, learning from each other’s early poems and figuring out how to write better ones.

His first book, Fire Stations, was published by Anvil Press in 2003 and awarded the Forward Prize for best first collection that year. His poem ‘Acts’ was awarded 3rd prize in the TLS/Foyles poetry competition 2007.

He has created web sites for the poets Gerry Cambridge, Tim Turnbull and Alexander Hutchison, and currently works in knowledge management for NHS Scotland in Glasgow.