Angela Readman
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Early years
Readman grew up in MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
, following university in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
she relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
to complete a film studies MA. She completed a masters in creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
at the University of Northumbria in 2000, and won a Waterstones prize for her distinctive poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and prose
Prose
Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...
Awards
Her work has won a New Writing North awards, been placed in the MslexiaMslexia
Mslexia is a British magazine for women writers, founded by Debbie Taylor and edited by Daneet Steffens. Mslexia contains articles on writing and writers and encourages independent publishers and bookshops and innovations in writing. Many well-respected writers have contributed articles, including...
poetry competition, and Ragged Raven longer poems competition http://www.raggedraven.co.uk/competition.htm. In 2005 she won The Biscuit Poetry competition and publication of a collection Sex with Elvis.
Work
Readman has published two full length collections of poetryPoetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
(of 60 pages or more) and several shorter collections of work (including the bi-lingual Hard Core, with Finnish poet Tapani Kinnunen - translated into Finnish.) She was involved with The Flesh of the Bear Poetry exchange in 2004, which was a collaboration of Finnish poets and poets from the North East of England, including Bob Beagrie, Andy Willoughby, Esa Hirvonen, and Kalle Niinikangas.
In 2005 she edited Newcastle Stories (for Comma Press) and accepted a post teaching creative writing at the University of Northumbria.
Her work has appeared in various anthologies and magazines, including London Magazine, Staple, Ambit and Mslexia
Mslexia
Mslexia is a British magazine for women writers, founded by Debbie Taylor and edited by Daneet Steffens. Mslexia contains articles on writing and writers and encourages independent publishers and bookshops and innovations in writing. Many well-respected writers have contributed articles, including...
.
On December 31, 2007, Frieda Hughes
Frieda Hughes
Frieda Rebecca Hughes is an English poet and painter. She has published seven children's books and four poetry collections and has had many exhibitions.-Early life:...
printed the poem Housewife from the Strip collection in her regular Times
The Times
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newspaper column
Poetry
- Strip (Salt PublishingSalt PublishingSalt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
) 2007 - Hard Core (Ek Zuban) 2006
- Sex with Elvis (Biscuit Publishing) 2005
- Colours/Colors (Diamond Twig) 2000
- Unholy Trinity (Iron Press) 2001
Anthologies
- Magnetic North (New Writing North, 2005)
- Smelter (Mudfog) 2004
- The Flesh of the Bear (Ek Zuban)
- Under the Bridge (University of Northumbria Press) 2000
Descriptions of Readman’s Work
"Readman casts her eye on ordinary life with a sharp knife. This is witty, astute poetry of the inventive kind and feels important, as all good poetry should… Poetry with an edge" Julia DarlingJulia Darling
Julia Darling was an award-winning British novelist, poet and dramatist.-Biography:Julia Darling was born in Winchester in 1956 in the house Jane Austen died in...
"Angela Readman’s work is a carefully stitched embroidery of the familiar and the often overlooked or taken for granted- she makes pictures that stay in your mind long after the poem has been read. Sharply observant, dry, savage and wholly authentic." Joolz Denby
Joolz Denby
Joolz Denby is a poet, novelist and artist based in Bradford, UK.-Biography:...