Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss
Andrew is a writer and teacher who has lived in the UK, Japan and currently Australia. Of Anglo-Ghanaian heritage, his work seeks to explore and challenge liminal landscapes, complex identities and the social constructs of race. He has previously had work published by Afropean, People in Harmony, Fly on the Wall Press, Fair Acre Press, Golden Walkman, Beliveau Books, Poor Yorick Literary Journal, GMGA Publishing, The Good Life Review, Red Penguin Books, Scissortail Press, The Minison Project, dyst Literary Journal, Sound The Abeng, Rigorous, Wingless Dreamer, Litoria Press and The Caribbean Writer among others.
Most recently, his work is featured in 'The Best New British and Irish Poets Anthology 2019-2021', The Black Spring Press Group, ‘Poetry for the Planet: An Anthology of Imagined Futures’, Litoria Press and 'Nombono: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Poets' by Sundress Publications. His work was included in ‘Beyond Alienation, Hatred and Terror’, Poetry in Times of Conflict series, Writers Workshop India and 'The Black Anthology, Language 2' with 10:10 Press. Andrew has received two Best of Net Awards, a Pushcart Prize and a Rhysling Award nomination for his poetry. Andrew is one of the authors showcased in the Year's Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 anthology.
Andrew's debut novella Nicked Names was published by RoseyRavelston Books in July 2022.
He released three full length poetry books Japanabandon, Manifest.oh! and Diaspora³ through RoseyRavelston Books in February 2023.
His chapter ‘The Triumph of Bi-Racial Identity: Funds of Knowledge as Student Agency’ was published in The Struggle for Justice, Equity, and Peace in the Global Classroom, by IGI Global in June 2023.
He was commissioned as a Red Room Poetry 30in30 artist in association with the National Gallery Australia in August 2023, writing an ekphrastic poem HHH/KKK in response to Fiona Foley’s photograph HHH.
Andrew's fourth poetry collection Objections, Scars & Artefacts was published by RoseyRavelston Books in October 2023.
‘Childish Recollections’, Andrew's eagerly awaited fifth full-length poetry book will be published by The Black Spring Press Group next year.