The Light User Scheme

Each poem in The Light User Scheme is a short, tight burst of narrative. They aim to capture what is going on around us, in full sight or glimpsed in periphery. What results is a subtly interwoven series of resonant images, oblique glances and condensed emotional intrigue, amid a knowing consideration of the poetry form.

"Skinner works for the larger design of the poem really powerfully." – Daljit Nagra

Richard Skinner is the author of three novels published by Faber: The Red Dancer: The Life and Times of Mata Hari (2002; ISBN 9780571209347), The Velvet Gentleman (2008; ISBN 9782746711198) and The Mirror (forthcoming). He is also the author of Fiction Writing: The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel (Hale, 2009; ISBN 9780709086468). His poems have appeared in a variety of magazines including Staple, Brand and Magma. Having taught Life & Creative Writing for many years at Goldsmiths'' College, he is now Director of the Fiction Programme at the Faber Academy. He lives in London.

Each poem in The Light User Scheme is a short, tight burst of narrative. They aim to capture what is going on around us, in full sight or glimpsed in periphery. What results is a subtly interwoven series of resonant images, oblique glances and condensed emotional intrigue, amid a knowing consideration of the poetry form.

"Skinner works for the larger design of the poem really powerfully." – Daljit Nagra

Richard Skinner is the author of three novels published by Faber: The Red Dancer: The Life and Times of Mata Hari (2002; ISBN 9780571209347), The Velvet Gentleman (2008; ISBN 9782746711198) and The Mirror (forthcoming). He is also the author of Fiction Writing: The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel (Hale, 2009; ISBN 9780709086468). His poems have appeared in a variety of magazines including Staple, Brand and Magma. Having taught Life & Creative Writing for many years at Goldsmiths'' College, he is now Director of the Fiction Programme at the Faber Academy. He lives in London.