Jonathan Davidson's poem, Didcot Parkway, read by Julia Deakin,  recorded Summer 2021

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Didcot Parkway, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Julia Deakin

Jonathan Davidson's poem, Borders, read by his daughter Mollie Davidson. Recorded in Spring 2020.

Borders (European version), Poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Mollie Davidson

Jonathan Davidson's poem, The Back Roads, read by his daughter, Mollie Davidson. Recorded in Spring 2020.

The Back Roads, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Mollie Davidson

Jonathan Davidson's poem, Miss Balcombe's Orchard, read by Becky Swain. Recorded in Spring 2020.

Miss Balcombe's Orchard, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Becky Swain

Jonathan Davidson's poem, A Quadratic Equation, read by Gregory Leadbetter. Recorded in Spring 2020.

A Quadratic Equation, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Gregory Leadbetter

Jonathan Davidson's poem, Apple Picking, read by Jo Bell. recorded in Spring 2020.

Apple Picking, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Jo Bell

Jonathan Davidson' poem, Just off the A5, West of Llangollen, read by Olga Dermott-Bond. Recorded in Spring 2020.

Just off the A5, West of Llangollen, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Olga Dermott-Bond

Jonathan Davidson's poem, The Back Roads, read by Zoë Chapman, a young person and daughter of Olivia & Ben Chapman. Recorded in Spring 2020.

The Back Roads, poem By Jonathan Davidson, read by Zoë Chapman

Jonathan Davidson's poem, A Music Box, read by Becky Swain. Recorded in Spring 2020.

A Music Box, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Becky Swain

Jonathan Davidson's poem, Borders, read by Becky Swain. Recorded in Spring 2020.

Borders, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Becky Swain

Jonathan Davidson's poem, A Music Box, read by his daughter Mollie Davidson. Recorded in Spring 2020.

A Music Box, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Mollie Davidson

Jonathan Davidson's poem, Father (Père), translated into French by Hélène Portefaix and read by Vincent Lapouge. Recorded in Summer 2020.

Père (Father), poem Jonathan Davidson, French trans. Hélène Portefaix, reading Vincent Lapouge

Jonathan Davidson's poem Brickwork, read by Sarah Reeson. Recorded in Winter 2021.

Brickwork, poem by Jonathan Davidson, read by Sarah Reeson

I am a poet and audio dramatist (and at other times a literature development person). I was born in 1964 and grew up in Didcot, South Oxfordshire, and now live in Coventry. I won an Eric Gregory award in 1990, and am the author of various pamphlets and collections of poetry, including Moving the Stereo (Jackson’s Arm, 1993), The Living Room (Arc, 1994), A Horse Called House (Smith/Doorstop, 1997) and Early Train (Smith/Doorstop, 2011). I have had seven radio plays broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, along with radio adaptations of Geoffrey Hill's Mercian Hymns and W.S. Graham's The Nightfishing. My stage adaptation of Mary Webb's novel, Precious Bane, toured with Interplay Theatre in 2009/10. In April 2015, Valley Press published my latest pamphlet, Humfrey Coningsby, a collection of 'poems, complaints, explanations and demands for satisfaction' by Jonathan, loosely based on the travels of a lord of the manor from Shropshire, in the late 16th century. Humfrey Coningsby’s story was also the subject of a BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama by Jonathan, to be broadcast in June 2015.

Jonathan Davidson

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