Naomi Foyle

Naomi Foyle
Naomi Foyle
Native name	Naomi Foyle
Born	22 February 1967 (age 57); London, United Kingdom
Occupation	poet, novelist, essayist, editor, translator, activist
Nationality	British
Genre	British literature
Website
	www.naomifoyle.com

Naomi Foyle (born 22 February 1967) is a British-Canadian poet, novelist, essayist, editor, translator and activist. For her poetry and essays about Ukraine, she was awarded the 2014 Hryhorii Skovoroda Prize.^[1]

Life and career

Her book, Seoul Survivors, was praised by The Guardian.^[2]

Library Journal recommended the series The Gaia Chronicles "for Hunger Games fans of all ages".^[3] "Astra", the first book in the series, was a Litro Book Club Read in 2014.^[4] Astra an Arts Council England-funded theatre adaptation of Naomi Foyle’s eco-science fiction quartet The Gaia Chronicles, written by Naomi Foyle with Raven Kaliana of Puppet (R)Evolution, and designed and directed by Raven Kaliana,^[5], ^[6],^[7] won the 2022 Brighton Fringe ONCA Green Curtain Award for work that engages artists and audiences with social and environmental challenges.^[8] Working with a new international team, Naomi Foyle is now upscaling ASTRA into an epic trilogy of plays.

Naomi Foyle is Poetry and Fiction Editor of Critical Muslim, the journal of the Muslim Institute.^[9] and the editor of over thirty volumes of poetry including A Blade of Grass: New Palestinian Poetry (Smokestack Books, 2017).^[10] As a co-founder with Judith Kazantzis and Irving Weinman of British Writers in Support of Palestine (2010-2018), Naomi Foyle played a leading role in national letter writing campaigns in support of the academic and cultural boycott of Israel.^[11]

In 2021, Foyle disclosed on her blog that she had been diagnosed with autism the previous year at the age of 53.^[12]

Selected publications

Prose

Seoul Survivors Jo Fletcher Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1-78087-600-9
Astra: Book One of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-78087-636-8
Rook Song: Book Two of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78206-921-8
The Blood of the Hoopoe: Book Three of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2016. ISBN 978-1-78206-924-9
Stained Light: Book Four of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78206-927-0

Poetry collections

The Night Pavilion, Waterloo Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-906742-05-8
The World Cup, Waterloo Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-906742-21-8
Adamantine Red Hen/Pighog Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-906309-41-1
Salt & Snow, Waterloo Press, 2025. ISBN 978-1-915241-21-4

Poetry pamphlets

Curdled Cream: A Collection of Snarls. Kinkos, Toronto. 1990.
Febrifuge treeplantsink press, 1996
Citas Impossibles/Impossible. Engagements, 1997
Forgive the Rain: more exceptionally useless poems. Back Pack Press, 1997 [2nd Ed. 1999]
Songs from the Blood Shed Window Grate Press, 1996 [2nd ed 2000]
Aphrodite's Answering Machine: Erotic Vignettes. Urban Pillow, 2002
Red Hot & Bothered. Lansdowne Press, 2003
Canada. Echo Room Press, 2004
Grace of the Gamblers: A Chantilly Chantey. Waterloo Press, 2010 ISBN 978-1-906742-17-1
No Enemy but Time. Waterloo Press, 2017
Importents. Waterloo Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-906742-75-1

Edited anthologies & collections (with introductions)

Mairtin Crawford: Selected Poems. Lagan Press, 2005
A Blade of Grass: New Palestinian Poetry. Smokestack Books, 2017, ISBN 978-0-9957675-3-9

Co-translations

Enemies Outside / Enemigos Afuera by Mori Ponsowy. Translated by Mori Ponsowy and Naomi Foyle, ISBN 978-1-906742-25-6
Wounds of the Cloud by Yasser Khanger. Al Ma'mal Foundation, 2016. Translated by Naomi Foyle, Marilyn Hacker and Do'a Ali, ISBN 978-90-825649-1-4

References

External links

Naomi Foyle on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/naomi.foyle.7

[1] Naomi Foyle's Poetry Wins Award!

[2] Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough, Red Moon by Benjamin Percy, Angelfall by Susan Ee, Seoul Survivors by Naomi Foyle and Carpathia by Matt Forbeck

[3] Naomi Foyle. Stained Light. hachette.co.uk 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[4] Naomi Foyle. Stained Light. hachette.co.uk 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[5] ‘Inspiring Through Theatre’. Interview with Naomi Foyle in The Chichester Observer. pressreader.com 30 June 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[6] ‘Astra: Groundbreaking Work’ by Simon Jenner. ringereview.co.uk. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[7] ‘Astra - Multimedia Theatre: The Ironworks’ by Lela Tredwell. thereviewshub.com 3 June 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[8] ‘Announcing the Green Curtain Award Winners 2022’. onca.org 9 June 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[9] Critical Muslim: Editors. criticalmuslim.com 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[10] ‘Showcasing Poems That Present the Palestinian Narrative: A Conversation with Naomi Foyle’ by Valentina Viene. worldliteraturetoday.org 14 March 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[11] ‘Ian McEwan defends Jerusalem Prize’ by Stephen Bates. theguardian.com 25 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2025

[12] Foyle, Naomi (20 November 2021). "An Autastic Announcement!". Naomi Foyle. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany