Guy Cuthbertson is Professor of British Literature and Culture, and Head of the School of Humanities at Liverpool Hope University. He was the British Academy's Chatterton Lecturer on Poetry in 2018.

He grew up in the Midlands and studied at St Andrews University and The Queen’s College, Oxford University. He has held academic posts at the universities of Oxford, St Andrews, Swansea, Brighton and London.

His most recent book, Peace at Last, was published by Yale University Press in October 2018. It was ‘Book of the Week’ in The Evening Standard, included in the Daily Telegraph‘s ‘Books of the Year’, and included in the ‘Best Books of 2018’ in Gulf News.

‘[a] brilliant portrayal of Britain on the day that peace broke out; when people could believe there was an end to the war to end all wars. He weaves a wonderful tapestry of the mood and events across the country, drawing on a wide range of local and regional newspapers. It is accessible history at its best. […] outstanding […] wonderfully stimulating’ (The Evening Standard, 8 November)

‘In his absorbing and well-researched study, Mr. Cuthbertson, a professor of literature at Liverpool Hope University, shows how a day of spontaneity was tamed over time, as celebration morphed into commemoration. […] “Peace at Last,” despite its sometimes grim subject, is a pleasure to read and is full of fascinating tidbits.’ (The Wall Street Journal, 12 November)

Guy is a General Editor of the six-volume scholarly edition of Edward Thomas’s prose, published by Oxford University Press. His edition of Edward Thomas’s Autobiographies was a ‘Book of the Year’ in The Times Literary Supplement.

His biography of Wilfred Owen was published by Yale University Press in 2014 and in paperback in 2015. It was named as one of the Top Ten Biographies of the Year by Booklist in the USA, and chosen as a Book of the Year by the New Zealand Book Council, and in the UK it was a ‘Book of the Week’, a ‘Must Read’ and the subject of the lead review in several newspapers and magazines.