Rhuar Dean

Rhuar is a poet and writer from London, currently living and working in Abu Dhabi. He hopes he will never grow up. His poems and fiction have appeared in a number of magazines and collections, including in Litro, the Interpreter's House, Crannog, Open Pen and the Londonist. His stories have also been performed in London, Leicester and New York. His first full collection of illustrated poems, the Loudest Whispers, was published by the Book Guild in May 2026. The Loudest Whispers is the creative collaboration between Rhuar and illustrator Charlotte Workman. It aims to empower and embolden small voices through poems and illustrations that as fragile, bold and irreverent as the children they hope will read them and the adults they will become. Aimed at children between the ages of five and twelve and the adults that read with them, it tries to whisper loudly that things can be funny and difficult and silly and sad, sometimes all at the same time. The Loudest Whispers is composed of fifty-six colour pages of illustrated poems.

Website: http://www.loudestwhispers.com

Instagram: @rhuardean