Ruth Wiggins is a British poet. She is based in East London but is happiest in the great outdoors, something which continues to inform her work. She studied English & Latin at Durham University and has three adult sons. Her poetry and essays have been included in UK and international journals and anthologies. The Lost Book of Barkynge is Ruth’s first full collection. The Lost Book… is a 900-year lyric history of Barking Abbey, told through the eyes of the women that lived there. Ruth also has three pamphlets: Myrtle (Emma Press, 2014); a handful of string (Paekakariki Press, 2020); and Menalhyl (a private pressing of poems first published in Long Poem Magazine in 2016.)