PictureAlison with Mary Wilkins Ellis at White Waltham 2017




'Alison has really captured my mother's spirit of adventure, her joy of flying and sense of fun.'
Candida Adkins, daughter of pilot Jackie Moggridge

'Wonderful, wistful poems that convey their unassuming bravery together with the glamour of the age.' 
Midge Gillies, Amy Johnson, Queen of the Air

Sisters in Spitfires was supported by Arts Council England.

Poetry of Flight

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Alison Hill's collection, Sisters in Spitfires, (Indigo Dreams, 2015) celebrates the women who flew with the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. 

This collection is a real labour of love -  a celebration of the unsung heroines of the civilian organisation the ATA... Alison  has been meticulous in her research and as a result the women come vividly to life, all of them larger than life characters.  Pippa Little, The Lake

Her poetry has appeared in a wide range of magazines and anthologies, including The Pocket Book of Suffrage (Paper Swans Press 2018), Fanfare and Poems for a Liminal Age.  Her poem 'To a Girl on Platform Three' was nominated by SOUTH for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem and her first full collection, Slate Rising (Indigo Dreams, 2014) was nominated for the TS Eliot Prize.

Alison set up and ran Rhythm & Muse for ten years and was Kingston Libraries' first Poet in Residence.  She has devised events and workshops for schools, galleries, museums and libraries and welcomes creative projects and commissions.