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Her writing life, she declares, began with poetry at the age of five.  She adds jokingly that "on a chequered journey I moved on to songwriting, playwriting, screenwriting and stand-up comedy before rediscovering poetry, her first love". She co-organises a monthly reading called The Shuffle at the Poetry Café and was previously on the board of Magma Poetry.  She was resident poet at Good Housekeeping Online where she wrote a monthly column,  won first prize in the London Art Poetry competition judged by Andrew Motion, and first prize in the Ledbury Poetry competition 2007.  Her pamphlet,  Rock'n'Roll Mamma(Flarestack) was followed by a first full collection, The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions, developed with the support of the Arts Council of England, was published by Flipped Eye in June 2011.

 

 

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Jacqui writes ...

My writing life began with poetry at the age of five, but on a chequered journey I moved on to songwriting, playwriting, screenwriting and stand-up comedy before I rediscovered poetry, my first love.

I’m co-organise a monthly reading called The Shuffle at the Poetry Café and was previously on the board of Magma Poetry

I was resident poet at Good Housekeeping Online where I wrote a monthly column, won first prize in the London Art Poetry competition judged by Andrew Motion, and first prize in the Ledbury Poetry competition 2007.

My pamphlet, Rock’n’Roll Mamma is out from Flarestack. It is clothed resplendently in pink with orange-end papers and you can buy it for only £3.50 from Amazon or from
Flarestack Publishing, 8 Abbots Way, Pilton, Somerset ... or give Charles my publisher a call and he’ll post you a copy
01749-890019 OR email tarotqua@madasafish.com

My full collection, The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions from Flipped Eye was launched the 21st June 2011 and is now available from the publishers, amazon, and selected bookshops. It was nominated for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.