(She/Her)

Emma Conally-Barklem is a biracial (L) GBT yoga teacher, writer and poet based in Yorkshire, England. Her poetry has been published in Free Verse Revolution Literary Magazine, Black in White Community Collection Anthology, Please See Me Online Literary Journal, Aurum Journal, Sunday Mornings at The River, Ey Up! Bent Key Publishing Summer Anthology, Tipping the Scales Literary Journal, Small Leaf Press, Super Present Magazine, Harvest Anthology QuillKeepers Press, West Trestle Review, Querencia Press, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Black Cat Poetry Press, Wild Roof Journal and digital chapbook collection, ‘I Won’t Leave Quietly’ In Her Space Journal January 2023.

Pushcart Prize nominated, Emma had a summer residency at the Bronte Parsonage Museum and was named one of Ilkley Poetry Festival’s New Northern Poets 2022. She was featured on BBC Radio York where she was interviewed and performed her poem ‘Magoa’. Her bestselling first collection, ‘The Ridings’ is out now at Bent Key Publishing. Her yoga and grief memoir, ‘You Can’t Hug A Butterfly: Love, Loss & Yoga’ will be published at QuillKeepers Press in 2024.

Website: www.emmaliveyoga.com

Instagram: @emmaliveyoga