Poet
Christopher James
Christopher James
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1975)
Biography
Christopher James won the National Poetry Competition in March 2009 for his poem ‘Farewell to the Earth’. He also won the Bridport Prize in 2002 and the Ledbury Poetry Prize in 2002 and 2006. His most recent collection is The Invention of Butterfly. Christopher is also the recipient of an Eric Gregory award from the Society of Authors. His poems have appeared in The Rialto, Smiths Knoll, London Magazine, Iota, Magma and other periodicals. He has read at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, the Ledbury Poetry Festival and twice at the Aldeburgh Festival, most recently in 2008 as part of its New Voices event.
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BibliographyThe Invention of Butterfly, Ragged Raven Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2006 (available at www.raggedraven.co.uk)
Links
Article on www.guardian.co.uk about Christopher James winning the UK National Poetry Competition
Christopher James’ publishers, Ragged Raven Press
Watch Christopher James read his winning poem at the prize-giving ceremony www.poetrysociety.org.uk
Poems
Poems of Christopher James
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