Helen Farish (born 1962) is a British poet.
She lectured in creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
[1] She has been a Fellow at Hawthornden International Centre for Writers and was the first female Poet in Residence at the Wordsworth Trust (2004–5).
She has also been a visiting lecturer at Sewanee University, and a visiting scholar at the University of New Hampshire.
Beginning 2007, she lectures full-time at Lancaster University, in the department of English and Creative Writing.