Chris McCabe works as the Head of the National Poetry Library and launched the Endangered Poetry Project in 2017, a major project to collect poetry written in the world's dying languages.
Chris McCabe's poetry collections are
The Hutton Inquiry, Zeppelins,
THE RESTRUCTURE (all Salt Publishing) and, most recently,
Speculatrix (Penned in the Margins). He has recorded a CD with the Poetry Archive was shortlisted for The Ted Hughes Award in 2013 for his collaborative book with Maria Vlotides,
Pharmapoetica. His plays
Shad Thames, Broken Wharf and
Mudflats, which won a Northern Arts Award, have been performed in London and Liverpool. He has read his work at venues including Southbank Centre, the British Library, the BFI, the Whitechapel Gallery and the Wellcome as well as performing at festivals such as Latitude and Ledbury.