George Wicker

George Wicker is a retired printer, copywriter, and web designer who now spends most of his time writing and making music. Originally from London, he has called Suffolk home for nearly 40 years. George creates poetry, fiction, songs, and musings on life, working from the home he shares with his partner, Nancy, an artist. Together they also perform as the local acoustic duo George & Nancy.

Back in the 1980s, George ran a small print business and published Inverse, a poetry magazine. He self-published his first poetry chapbook, Jade, in 1997. In 2004, George co-founded Write Now!, a friendly writers’ group aimed at encouraging creativity, improving writing, and helping members get published. One of their proudest achievements was the 2011 release of the entirely self-designed and published anthology My Daughter was an Astronaut. In 2007 a further selection of his poems, Signs, was published by local publisher Ask Publishing.

This latest poetry collection, Self Evidence, continues to explore the themes of death, love, and loss — ideas first explored in Jade and Signs. George’s poems often lean towards the abstract but always aim to reflect the questions that matter most, namely: what is life, and what is it to be human?