Patrick B. Osada is a retired  Headteacher, he works as an editor &  also writes reviews of poetry for magazines.

Patrick has been writing poetry  all of his adult life. His first success came with a prize winning poem in a National Poetry Competition. This gave him the confidence to submit his work more widely, leading to regular publication of his work in many of the leading poetry magazines.

His first collection, CLOSE TO THE EDGE was published in 1996 & won the prestigious ROSEMARY ARTHUR AWARD.

Patrick's most recent collection of poetry, SHORT STORIES : SUBURBAN LIVES (Bluechrome), deals with the difficulties and loneliness of  the many people…  “trapped in dark suburbia, just trying to survive.”

Patrick's work has been included in a number of anthologies,  internet sites & broadcast on national & local radio.

Will Daunt, writing in ENVOI about Patrick's poetry, describes it as ..“the immensely confident work of a writer who combines accessibility with a fine appreciation of an enormous range of forms…an important new English voice…”

Ronnie Goodyer of REACH magazine sees in Patrick's work ..“a sideways look at life, brilliantly expressed…”

Leading Welsh poet, Leslie Norris describes Patrick's style  as ..“a very contemporary demotic voice…”

Gloucester born Patrick  has lived and worked in Berkshire for many years.

His life in semi-rural Warfield has inspired him to record the life of this charming parish as a sequence of poems which he hopes to turn into a collection.  - Many of these & other works have appeared  on his website : www.poetry-patrickosada.co.uk