Publications and Commissions

1998, poems ‘Sick on You’ and ‘Night Sounds’ published in Sesame by the Creative Writing Society, The University of East Anglia.

1998, Exposé, novella published by UEA through the texts project, Rapid Publishing Co, Norwich.

2000, ‘The World of Insurance is Looking up’, a short story, in Magpie, published by CCPA (UEA).

2000, The short story ‘Looking for Billy’ published in ‘Writing on Drugs’, part of the Text series published by Rapid Publishing Co [Norwich].

2017, ‘This is my Refuge’, a poem, published in the Derby International Women’s Day magazine.

2017, My blog about my adaptation of the DH Lawrence short story ‘Tickets, Please’ published http://www.thedigitalpilgrimage.wordpress.com by James Walker.

2018, ‘Force-feeding’ published in Derby Women’s Day magazine.

2018, ‘For Lydia’ published on the Burning House press website via the She Speaks residency. https://burninghousepress.com/2018/10/30/for-lydia-by-becky-deans/

2018, poetry commission from the National Trust/Duffield Arts Festival.

2019, poetry commission for Belper Library via Fleet Arts.

2020, the poems ‘Codnor Common’ and ‘For Lydia’ published in The Lawrentian, the Magazine of the Lawrence Players, Emergency Edition 2020.

2021, 22 April, my chapbook, un(in)formed, published by Bearded Badger Publishing. To order your copy, contact me.

2021, my poem, ‘Framework Knitter’, published as part of Derwent Delights, a project delivered by Fleet Arts as part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site (DVMWHS) Great Place Scheme.

2023, April, my poem ‘Hotel de Ville’ published in anthology collated by Daniel Kay and published by Dreamwell Writing Ltd.

2023, May, my poem ‘Raft’ published as part of Poet-Trees 2023 – printed onto wood and installed onto trees near St Peter’s Church Belper and published in a booklet.

2023, June, my poem ‘Fragment of a Folk Song’ performed on the Rebel Ramble CD, commemorating the Pentrich Revolution. 

two books, 22 years apart by Becky Deans. On left is un(in)formed on right is expose
Two books, 23 years apart. On left is un(in)formed, published by Bearded Badger Publishing in 2021, on right is expose published by UEA in 1998.

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