Literary CV
Windrush Award Winner, Arts Achiever of the Year 2003
was Co-Founder and Trustee: Hourglass Educational Arts Development Services: HEADS 2000 - 2010
Professional membership:
The Poetry Society
Poetry Library
National Association of Writers in Education
The Society of Authors
Professional positions:
2010 - Adjudicator Cambridge Writers Short Story competition
2002 - External Examiner M.Phil, Anglia Polytechnic University
2000 - Adjudicator Co-operative Insurance Christmas card competition
1998 - Adjudicator Conwy Festival Poetry Competition.
1996 - Member of the Board of Directors, Signature Book Presentation Ltd.
1994 - Member of Management Committee for the Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank.
1994 - Review writer for SCRIPT the Poetry Society Critical Service
1992 - Adjudicator for the Lancaster Festival Poetry Competition.
1991/8 - Part-time tutor for creative writing Combined Studies. BA Hons , Bolton Inst. of Higher Education.
1991 - Adjudicator, Southern Arts Poetry Prize.
1989 - Co-editor, Northern Poetry, Littlewood Press.
Poetry readings:
One hundred and forty-three readings since 1985. The following is a small selection:
2010 - Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
2010 - Trinidad & Tobago High Commission, London
2010 - Sheffield Food Festival, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
2010 - Williams Art, CAM (Cambridge Arts Movement), Cambridge
2010 - Moving Manchester, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
2010 - CB1 Poetry, with Mario Petrucci, Michaelhouse, Cambridge
2009 - Sheffield Literary Festival, 'No Apples in Eden' book launch
2009 - Ely Library, 'No Apples in Eden' book launch with John Killick
2009 - Babylon Gallery, Ely, National Poetry Day
2007 - Maritime Museum in Greenwich with John Agard and Grace Nichols
2007 - Babylon Gallery, Ely with Andre Mangeot
2005 - Diarama Arts Centre, London
2005 - Three Cups Gallery, Ely
2004 - West Indian Centre, Manchester
2003 - Square Chapel, Halifax, West Yorkshire
2003 - Pennine Ink, Todmorden , West Yorkshire
2002 - Owl Book Shop, London: Launch: Moving Voices
2002 - Launch of new book: Hourglass Studio Gallery
2002 - Todmorden Pennine Ink: Poetry Reading
2002 - Manchester Central Library: Commonwealth Programme
2002 - The Albert Poets, Huddersfield
2001 - West Indian Centre, Manchester
2001 - BBC Greater Manchester Radio
2001 - Java Lounge, Hebden Bridge
2000 - Theatre Ardudwy, Harlech
2000 - Contact Theatre, Manchester
1999 - Project One o One
1998 - Linton Court Gallery
1997 - Ty Newydd, Wales
1997 - Southport Art Centre
1997 - Wrexham Art Centre
1996 - King of Hearts, Norwich
1995 - Aldeburgh Festival
1995 - Llangollen Library, Wales
1994 - Poets Give a Hand, The Royal Horticultural Hall, London
1994 - Manchester Poetry Festival
1994 - Cuirt Festival of Literature, Galway, Rep. of Ireland
1994 - Out of The Margins, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank with John Agard, Jean Bintabreez, Archie Markam
1993 - Wincham Hall, Northwich
1992 - The Lancaster Festival
1991 - Royal Court Theatre, London
1991 - Ty Newydd Centre, Wales
1990 - International Festival of Writing, Glasgow with James Berry
Residences and workshops:
One hundred and forty-six workshops/residencies from 1986. The following is a small selection:
2010 - Vital Communities Project, Sutton Primary School
2009 - Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank co-tutoring with Roselle Angwin
2007 - Babylon Gallery co-tutoring with Andre Mangeot
2007 - Cambridge Caribbean Asociation, Cambridge
2006 - Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank, co-tutoring with Linda France
2006 - poetry workshop, co-tutoring with Doris Corti, Babylon Gallery, Ely
2005 - Sable / Arvon Poetry Master Class, Totleigh Barton, Devon.
2003 - The Big Book Project, Hereford Primary & Junior schools
2002 - Todmorden High School: Creative writing workshops
2002 - Institute of Education, London
2001 - Stretford High School, Manchester
2000 - Tate Gallery, Liverpool
2000 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, Hebden Bridge
1998 - Artranspennine 98, Tate Liverpool and Storey Institute Gallery, Lancaster.
1998 - 'Heart', Oldham Art Gallery.
1998 - Art Under The Microscope. Creative writing and visual art workshop, Storey Inst. Gallery Lancaster.
1998 - Bryn Collen Primary, LLangollen
1998 - TyNewydd (Welsh Arts Council Writing Centre)
1998 - Millane Primary School, Oxford.
1997 - Ty Newydd (Welsh Arts Council Writing Centre)
1997 - The Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank. A Course for writers of Caribbean, African and Asian origin.
1997 - Fallibroome High School
1997 - Manchester University, with post graduate students.
1996 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, poetry writing.
1995 - Feb-July: Writer in Residence, The Dee valley, Wales.
1995 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, poetry writing.
1994 - Writer in Residence, Rawthorpe Infants and Junior Schools, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
1994 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, poetry writing.
1994 - Metropolitan University, Crew and Alsager campus.
1993 - Poets in Schools with the IRIE DANCE CO. The Blackie, Liverpool.
Publications:
Twenty-eight publications from 1987. They include works published in anthologies, magazines and five full collections. Please see the full list under publications.
The following is a selection:
2009 - Cook-up In A Trini Kitchen
2009 - No Apples In Eden, New and Selected Poems
2005 - Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse
2002 - Moving Voices - Hansib Publications
2002 - Voices from a Silk Cotton Tree, full collection - Smith Doorstop Books
2001 - Poems Then and Now, compiled by Fiona Waters - Evans Bros Ltd
2001 - On a Camel To The Moon, compiled by Valerie Bloom - Belitha Press
2000 - IC3 Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain - Hamish Hamilton
2000 - Hello New, an anthology of poems for children - Smith/Doorstop
1999 - Aldeburfh Poeetry Festival Anthology 1989 - 1998
1994 - A Caribbean Dozen, an anthology of poems for children - Walker Books
1994 - Behind The Carnival full collection - Smith / Doorstop Books
1991 - The Sun Rises in The North, a collection of four poets - Smith/Doorstop Books
1989 - Lure of The Cascadura full collection - Bogle L'Ouverture Publications Ltd.
1988 - The New Brirish Poetry