Lucy Swan



Lucy is an interdisciplinary writer living in London. Lucy’s work sits at the intersection of cultural theory,  creative writing and
visual art. Her written work has been published internationally and her moving image work has been screened  in Glasgow, London and New York.
She has a secondhand bookselling  project; SIREN BOOKS, largely inspired by her research. Lucy is currently working on a book of essays; Getting Cosy.


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On the way

Poem/exhibition - Excerpt from 1001 Oversimplifications in collaboration with
Christina May Carey for her show Continous Present at LAILA gallery, Sydney, December 2025
Essay/exhibition -  Same same but different for Christina  May Carey’s Continuous Present at LAILA gallery, Sydney,
December 2025

Poem/Reading - A is for... published by Ponto,  launched with a reading at Casino in Berlin, December 18
Poem - Inflammatory Truisms in Brossura
Reading - Inflammatory Truisms audio collage for the Brossura launch at  O Meteroritis, Athens.  
Poem - LET THE RECORD SHOW in Pala Press ‘Futurity’
Essay - Radical Cringe in  Tissue Papers




Published

2025 - creative writing - Between Stone and Sky in the Ancient Times 001 by The Stone Club
2025 - essay - Strange Evidence for The Bittersweet Review 
2025 - essay - Darryl by Jackie Ess for The Bittersweet Review
2025 - essay - All of us Strangers for The Bittersweet Review
2024 - poem - Love Lies Bleeding for The Bittersweet Review
2024 - review - It’s all in the Details for Brossura 003
2024 - review - Queens by Pickles for The Bittersweet Review
2024 - review - Bluets for The Bittersweet Review
2024 - essay - Close to the Knives for The Bittersweet Review
2024 - creative writing - always + forever in ‘End of Eternity’ by Sunday School 003
2024 - poem - what do you do when there is nothing to do? in Pala Press 006 ‘Caesura’
2024 - poem/review/reading - Hi-NRG in London Review of Trannies 002 in collaboration with Amanda Wilkinson Gallery
2023 - poem - Obsessive compulsive destruction in ‘Responses to Forbidden Colours by Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ edited by
Richard Porter, published by Pilot Press
2023 -  fragment - Interpreting One Against Interpretation in ‘Responses to Untitled (Eye with  Comet) by Paul Thek’, edited
by Richard Porter, published by Pilot Press
2022 -  short fiction - February 14th, 1990 in ‘Responses to  Pale Blue Dot by Voyager 1’, edited by Richard Porter, published by
Pilot Press
2022 - poem - The Lover and the Beloved in ‘Responses to Love’s Work by Gillian Rose’ edited by Richard Porter, published by Pilot Press 
2021 - poem - Pink Snow in collaboration with Static Palm
2020 - poems - Fuck you, I’m Here, Shutting Down, Do you look back and On the Edge in the Mindful Editions 001 by Flora Butler




Screenings and exhibitions

2025 - film poem  -  Fuck you at the Millenium Film Workshop, NY, as part of ‘The Poetic Lens’ curated by Michèle Saint-Michel
and Erica Schreiner
2024 - film poem - Fuck you at Beaconsfield, London and Andrew Stewart Cinema, Glasgow as part of FALL curated by  Tamsyn Challenger
and Colin J Herd
2020 - film poem - What do you do when there is nothing? in collaboration with Matt King and Joseph Delaney broadcast by
SORT Studio and Fucking Young




Residencies

2025 - HospitalField Interdisciplinary Residency, Scotland (supported by Society of Authors)