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Jade Cuttle
Writer, Journalist, Broadcaster
Jade Cuttle is a nature writer from Yorkshire and a BBC New Generation Thinker, selected for her AHRC-funded PhD research into British Nature Poets of Colour at the University of Cambridge, supervised by Robert Macfarlane.
She writes a monthly column for The Observer as their poetry critic, following her Arts Commissioning Editor role at The Times, where she wrote and commissioned hundreds of interviews, reviews and features. Jade also presents BBC programs like Digging for Words, Sunday Features and regularly speaks on Front Row.
Her debut poetry collection is forthcoming from Faber in 2027. The manuscript explores her idea of "lyric silt", drawing on ancient connections between soil and self, and fueled by her passions for mudlarking and metal detecting. A multidisciplinary artist, Jade extends her poetic landscapes into limited-edition sculptural garments, accessories and clothes.
Jade is the inaugural writer-in-residence and exhibition curator at the new Museum of Writing in London, and writes historical fiction, inspired by her work as a professional historical re-enactor, where she is trained in using a spear, sword and axe for battle combat; one of Britain's first reenacting female warriors of colour.
Awards
Jade has won a ‘30 To Watch: Journalism Award’ for her editorial work at The Times, Arts Council and Society of Authors funding to write her books and a Northern Writers Award for her poetry. Her historical fiction won a Future Worlds Prize while her non-fiction has been selected in Faber's Writing Chance program. After winning the BBC Proms Poetry Competition, her poetry and plant-whispering has been filmed by BBC One, with television appearances on ITV and Look North. Her poetry and songs have been broadcast widely, including on BBC's Words & Music and The Verb. She released an album of poem-songs called Algal Bloom with a grant from the PRS Foundation. As a judge, Jade has judged prizes like the Costa Book Awards, Ginkgo Prize and Next Generation Poets 2026 (ongoing).
