Ascroft
Ascroft is an English surname. Notable people with this name include: * Eileen Ascroft, journalist and writer * Harry Ascroft, Australian footballer * John Ascroft, English footballer * Nick Ascroft, New Zealand poet and writer * Robert Ascroft, English politician See also

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Nick Ascroft
Nick Ascroft (born 1973) is a New Zealand poet and writer. Life Nick Ascroft was born in Oamaru, New Zealand in 1973. In his career of writing, his poetry has been featured widely in both New Zealand and international journals. Ascroft's published poetry collections have been well received, and he has helped in editing New Zealand literary magazines Landfall (journal), ''Landfall'', ''Glottis: New Writing'' and ''takahē.'' Recently he has expanded into non-fiction, writing about football. Ascroft's poetic influences include song lyrics, Bruce Robinson's screenplay for ''Withnail & I'', the wordier skits of Monty Python, Peter Cook or Fry & Laurie, and Tina Fey. Away from writing, Ascroft enjoys competitive Scrabble, indoor soccer, and also identifies as a wikipedian. Ascroft describes the Scrabble urge and the sonnet-writing urge as similar, as they are both about the mathematical puzzle and that he is "genuinely delighted by language." Career Nick Ascroft's literary career b ...
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