Joan Barton

Joan Barton (1908–1986) was an English poet and bookseller. She was born in Bristol and studied at Colston's Girls' School and Bristol University. While working in a bookstore in Bristol, and later running her own in Marlborough, she corresponded with a number of poets who responded positively to her poetry and encouraged her to seek publication; these included John Betjeman, Walter de la Mare and Cecil Day-Lewis. In 1975, she was profiled by Anne Stevenson for the series The Living Poet on BBC Radio 3. She published two more collections, including a chapbook in 1979.

Books The Mistress and Other Poems. Hull: Sonus Press, 1972. Ten Poems. Salisbury: Perdix Press, 1979. A House Under Old Sarum: New and Selected Poems. Liskeard: Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, 1981.