Alan Halsey

Alan Halsey (22 September 1949 – October 2022) was a British poet. He managed The Poetry Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye from 1979 to 1997. From 1997, Halsey lived in Sheffield, working as a specialist bookseller and publishing West House Books. Halsey was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 22 September 1949. He founded West House Books in 1994 to publish contemporary poetry and poetry-related work.