Stewart Carswell grew up in the Forest of Dean, and has recently returned to live there. Previously he lived in Cambridgeshire, where he organised the Fen Speak open mic night. He studied Physics at Southampton University, and has a PhD from the University of Bristol.
His poems have recently been published in Under the Radar, Finished Creatures, Atrium, Ink Sweat & Tears, and The Storms Journal; and he has performed poetry at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival, and around Cambridge and East Anglia. His pamphlet Knots and branches (Eyewear Publishing, 2016) was followed by his full-length debut Earthworks (Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2021).