Poems from
Waiting to Burn and And in here, the Menagerie are
available to read on the poetry page:
Electricity, Cardigans, Zeno's Philosophy, The
Rain Gauge and Apple feature.
Myspacers
- play nice and make friends
Poetry
hosts -
email to
book me for a reading.
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Biography:
I
was born in 1977 and grew up in Dingwall, Scotland. The
University of Glasgow and later Goldsmiths College did
a not too shoddy job of educating me.
I
now live and write in London, where I attend and perform
at a variety of poetry events. When I'm not writing poetry
I work
as
Development Manager for
Nelson
Croom Ltd.
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Her poems are skilful, witty and inventive, and her oblique
approach pierces the heart of life.
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Moniza Alvi
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| News
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| New
poem |
Look
out for my new poem 'Buttons' in Smiths Knoll 45. |
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20th-22nd
Nov 2009
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The
2009 Derwent
Poetry Festival took place at Masson Mills, Matlock
Bath 20th - 22nd November. I read alongside the wonderful
Katrina
Naomi, who was lauching her debut collection The
Girl with the Cactus Handshake. I also hosted
many of the events, which was great fun, and came back
with a massive pile of books to work my way through. You
can find out all about this year's festival and the winners
of the 2009 competition on the Templar
website.
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| 25th
Aug 09 |
Interview with me, by Judy Darley
"I have always written - I have hilarious and surreal
evidence that I was writing even before I could spell in
the form of a jotter titled “Boc, Gryn Miss Mosy, biy
Angela” - so it is hard to say what inspired me to
begin with." Read the full interview on essentialwriters.com.
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15th
Jul 09
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I
recently read at Bath Oxfam Bookshop alongside Sally Carr
and Jill Harrison. The reading was a great success, so
thanks to Jane and Jill at the Oxfam Bookshop for making
the night possible and thank you to all of you who came
along to support the event. Sally Carr has two
collections published by Rockingham
Press. Jill Harrison is a fellow Goldsmiths graduate
who has had poems published in several competition winners'
anthologies - definitely one to watch!
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| 8th
Oct 08 |
The
Forward Book of Poetry 2009 was launched on the 8th of October
and I am lucky enough to have the poem "Preparation"
from And in here, the Menagerie feature in the Highly
Commended Poems section. You can pick it up on Amazon. |
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Read
the latest review of And in here, the Menagerie...details
on the Reviews
page.
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