Explaining the Circumstances

Authors

  • Christopher North

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2010.1.1.341

Abstract

Christopher North with his wife Marisa run the Almassera Vella Arts Centre  in a mountain village near Alicante, Spain (www,oldolivepress.com).He facilitates poetry readings , writing workshops and  7 day residential courses in the Spring and Autumn. His pamphlet collection 'A Mesh of Wires '(Smith Doorstop 1999) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize, he had a third place in the National (1995) and recently won the Silver Wyvern at the ‘Poetry on the Lake' Festival in Italy. His first full collection ‘Explaining the Circumstances’ was published by Oversteps Books in February 2010 (www.overstepsbooks.com). The poem he has gracefully allowed us to include in this issue, is the title poem in this collection. A planned bi-lingual joint collection with the poet Terry Gifford ‘The Other Side of Aguilar’  is due for publication later this year.

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Author Biography

Christopher North

Christopher North with his wife Marisa run the Almassera Vella Arts Centre  in a mountain village near Alicante, Spain (www,oldolivepress.com).He facilitates poetry readings , writing workshops and  7 day residential courses in the Spring and Autumn. His pamphlet collection 'A Mesh of Wires '(Smith Doorstop 1999) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize, he had a third place in the National (1995) and recently won the Silver Wyvern at the ‘Poetry on the Lake' Festival in Italy. His first full collection ‘Explaining the Circumstances’ was published by Oversteps Books in February 2010 (www.overstepsbooks.com). The poem he has gracefully allowed us to include in this issue, is the title poem in this collection. A planned bi-lingual joint collection with the poet Terry Gifford ‘The Other Side of Aguilar’  is due for publication later this year.

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Published

2010-04-26