Helen Charman is a writer based in Glasgow.
Her first book, MOTHER STATE, came out with Penguin/Allen Lane in 2024. Her writing has been published in the Guardian, the White Review, Frieze, Another Gaze, Art Review and The Stinging Fly, among others. She frequently collaborates with visual artists and musicians, co-edits COUNTERFLOWS ON PAPER, and co-runs MOODY FOOD, an inclusive experimental writing and music workshop. From 2020-21 she ran the TENANCY project at MAP magazine.
She has published four poetry pamphlets, most recently IN THE PLEASURE DAIRY (Sad Press, 2019). Her poetry has been shortlisted for the White Review Poet’s Prize and the Ivan Juritz Prize for Creative Experiment. She has a PhD in English from the University of Cambridge and has taught extensively on English and Creative Writing programmes at universities and art schools across the UK.
Helen is represented by Emma Paterson at Aitken Alexander Associates.