Poet, Norwich
Hector Wood is a 23-year-old poet based in Norwich, a graduate of UEA's prestigious MA Creative Writing (Poetry) programme. His work explores the Iceni landscape of East Anglia, from Venta Icenorum to Snettisham — connecting ancient Britain to the present tense.
His debut collection Boudica (2026) follows the chronology of the great Iceni uprising, retold through voices as intimate as they are epic. The collection blends ancient narrative with close observation of the East Anglian landscape — marshland, woodland, the wide skies of Norfolk — and closes with a reflective Aftermath section that asks what it means to carry these stories into the present.
The Work
Hector's poetry is literary and experimental, rooted in place and in the deep archaeology of landscape. He is interested in the intersection between history and ecology, in the way that particular ground still holds the memory of what happened on it. The Iceni heartland — Thetford, Caistor St Edmund, the waterways and marshes of Norfolk — is not merely a backdrop to his poems but their active subject.
His film and video work — atmospheric readings filmed in the East Anglian landscapes that inspired the collection — extends the poetry into a cinematic idiom, and forms a growing body of work for YouTube and social media.
Education & Recognition
Hector holds an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of East Anglia, one of the world's leading creative writing programmes. His work has been published in the UEA's New Writing. He is currently developing new poems alongside the promotion of his debut collection.
He reads regularly in Norwich and East Anglia, and is available for readings, events, and school and community workshops.
