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English, Lucy
Etter, Carrie
Ewing, Philomena
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English, Lucy
Website: http://www.lucyenglish.com
Email: [email protected]
Lucy English was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in London.
She has a BA in English and American Literature from the University of East Anglia and an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University College.
She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University College.
In May 2003 she was appointed Royal Literary Fellow at Swansea University.
Lucy English is a performance poet and novelist.
She performs regularly in the UK and has appeared at the following festivals: Bristol Poetry Festival; Hay on Wye; Edinburgh Fringe; Cheltenham Literary Festival and the International Festival of Poetry in Austin, Texas.
She has toured Holland, Denmark and Hungary on British Council Grants.
A short film was made of the Holland Tour. “The Poetry Whores on Tour” and shown on H.T.V. network 1997,1998.
In Autumn 2005 she was commissioned to write 15 minutes of new pieces for the Apples and Snakes ‘Temptation Tour’ which played at 15 different venues in the UK.
In Feb 2006 she toured Sri Lanka and India for the British Council.
Her work has been featured on BBC Radio Four “Poetry Please” May 2002 and BBC Radio Seven “Stand up Poetry” Feb 2005
In 1998 her first novel “Selfish People” was published by Fourth Estate.
“Children of Light” was published in 1999 and “Our Dancing Days” May 2000.
She is, at present, working on a fourth novel.
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