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Adisa |
Adisa
is a performance poet on a mission to revive the art form of
poetry and take it to the arenas frequented by everyday people.
Hi focus and passion is sharing his words, with the youth of
today. Adisa specialises in performing within educational
circles and called his brand of writing and performing
Verbalizm.
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John Agard |
John
Agard was born in Guyana and came to Britain in 1977. He worked
for the commonwealth Institute as a touring reader, pormoting
understanding of Caribbean culture. He is an established
performance poet and has written several book for adults. His
most recent books for children are Einstein, the Girl Who Hated
Maths .
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Valerie Bloom |
Valerie
Bloom had her first poem published when she was only ninetean
years old. She loves to find music and rhythm in poetry and has
published a number of poetry collections including; Duppy
Jamboree (CUP); Fruits; New Baby ; Selected Poems (Macmillan).
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James Carter |
James
is a poet and guitarist. He regularly visits schools, libraries
and festivals to give poetry and music performances and to
conduct poetry writing workshops. Cars, Stars, Electric Guitars,
his book of children's poems, is published by walker Books.
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Debjani Chatterjee |
Debjani
Chatterjee is one of Britain's best-known South Asian poets. Her
recent poetry books for children include; Animal Antics (Pennine
Press) and with Bashabi Fraser, Rainbow World: poems from Many
Cultures (Hodder).
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Paul Cookson |
Paul
Cookson performs poems in schools all over the country as well
as editing numerous anthologies. He likes to make people laugh
and supports Everton.
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Bashabi Fraser |
Bashani
Fraser is a widely published poet who lover working with
children in poetry workshops. Bashabi's recent books include
Rainbow orld (Hodder) which she-co-edited and Tartan and Turban
(Luath Press). Bashabi lives in Edinburgh where she is a
university lecturer.
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Pie Corbett |
Pie
Corbett has published over 50books for children as well as
recource books for teachers. He has performed poetry, told
stories and taught writing workshops all over Britain.
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Mike Jubb |
Mike
Jubb is a part-time primary school teacher, who also visits
other schools to perform his poetry and to lead writing
workshops for children and INSET day for teacher. Apart from
poems, Mike has written a children's television comedy drama,
several picture books, and a toolkit series for teacher on how
to teach poetry at KS2.
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Wes Magee |
Wes
Magee is a former teacher and head teacher who has been a
full-time author since 1989. He has published more than 70books
for young readers including poetry, stories, plays and picture
books.
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Brian Moses |
Brian
Moses writes and and edits poetry and picture books as well as
writing resources for teachers. He also runs his own poetry and
percussion show in schools. A collection of his poems, I Wish I
Could Dine With a Porcupine, is available from Hodder Wayland.
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Grace Nichols |
Grace
Nichols was born in Guyana and moved to Britain in 1977. She has
written a number of poetry collections for adults and children.
Her children's books are inspired by Guyanese folklore and
Amerindian legends and include; Come into My Tropical Garden,
Give Yourself a Hug and Poet Cat.
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