Alex Niven

Poetry from Alex Niven s book the Last Tape (Published by Zero Books, Nov 2014). Alex Niven (born 18 February 1984, Hexham, Northumberland, UK) is a writer, blogger, and former musician. Niven was a founding member of the indie band Everything Everything, with friends from Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham, Northumberland. He played guitar with the band between 2007 and 2009 before leaving to study for a doctorate at St John s College, Oxford and pursue a writing career. Niven s first work of critic