Olivia Mulligan
Olivia Mulligan
Olivia Mulligan, or Liv as she is known, was born and bred in North Yorkshire. After spending several years in London, completing a degree in Drama and Creative Writing, and a short spell working in the city, she could no longer resist the call of the Yorkshire Dales.
Liv is a keen cross country runner, a coffee barista, and now – poet. Her spoken word poem, ‘The Lockdown Chat’ was aired at the 2020 BBC Upload Festival in the Writers’ Tent. In March 2021 Liv was invited to be ‘Poet Laureate’ for a weekly slot on BBC Radio York.
“I have many childhood memories of making up and performing silly rhymes, songs and stories, even before I started school. These days I find I am inspired with poetry ideas when I am out running. I can’t jot down the verses until I get home so to help me remember the lines I keep repeating the words out loud as I huff and puff up and down hills, sounding truly insane.
“I love how poetry encourages rebellion, experimentation, freedom and so much more.”
Olivia Mulligan has done a great job of turning isolation into art; here are poems that speak to us all about how the everyday can be transformed by heightened language, and that a kind of transcendence can happen if we just stare hard enough at real life.
Seldom has any poet or writer been capable of piercing gloom in such an entertaining, humorous and insightful way. This is a modern classic, a masterpiece for our time, and for times to come.
Olivia captures life in lockdown beautifully. These verses are full to the brim with kindness, heart and just the right amount of absurdity.
Poetry gold!
Poems on the Gate Post is a tonic: the perfect companion to curl up with to both forget about and reflect about the world around you. An ingenious use of lockdown, Olivia’s style is infectious, with an easy joy and brimming with heart.
The Reggie series of books for children is beautifully illustrated by Madison Wright.
Poems On The Gatepost
Advice From A Stranger
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