Welcome

This is the official website of Grant Watson. Grant is an award winning singer-songwriter, poet, playwright and screenwriter. Grant has worked on a wide range of projects throughout his career - from mainstream television drama in the UK to unique, multi media events in the US. His debut collection of poetry, Bonfires of England was published by Lapwing Poetry Press in 2022 and his solo EP Figure in a Dark Landscape is available now on RSB Records.

'Watson uses the most beautiful language imaginable, with rich, complex and strange imagery, developing a poetics of evolutionary biology' Philadelphia Inquirer

'Call me by name my love
Like a bird I will fly to your side
Remember the place my love
Call me by name…'

Poetry

Grant’s debut poetry collection Bonfires of England is out now on Lapwing Poetry Press.

The cover of the book is a detail from Hot Horizon Part 1 by Chris McHugh.

'I'll light a candle,
to protect me from the dark
I'll watch it burning
like a ragged little star...'

Music

Grant’s EP Figure in a Dark Landscape is out now. This is Grant’s first collection as a solo artist following his work as lead singer with bands Empathy, Schema and Desert Swans. .

The cover of the EP was painted by Peter Monkman. Photography by Rob Blackham.

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