She is completing a phd in creative writing at goldsmiths, university of london. Book signings, commissions, educational, festivals. Katrina holds a phd in creative writing from goldsmiths, university of london, is a hawthornden fellow and was the first writerinresidence at the bronte parsonage museum. My first full collection the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award. Katrina was the first writer in residence at the bront parsonag. Her poem, diary, is currently on london tube trains. This is a wonderful opportunity to discuss your poetry on a onetoone basis with poet and tutor katrina naomi, wherever you live via skype. Katrina has been writerinresidence at gladstone s library in north wales where she wrote a sequence on the suffragettes, published by rack press as hooligans. Katrinas recent work has been broadcast on radio 4 and published by the tls, the spectator. Apr 14, 2016 katrina naomis second collection, the way the crocodile taught me, is remarkable and rewarding. Wild persistence will shortly be available to preorder. Katrina s first full collection, the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new. Her latest publication, hooligans, rack press, is a pamphlet of poetry inspired by the suffragettes.
Katrina naomi is a tutor for the poetry school and arvon, and holds a phd in creative writing from goldsmiths. Katrina recently returned from writing in japan on an arts council englandsponsored project to. The girl with the cactus handshake november 24, 2009 meryl pugh last night i went to the launch of katrina naomis first, full collection, at the wheatsheaf, just off oxford st. She has also received an award from the royal literary fund and a previous award from arts council england. If you would like to order the collection, you can get 20% off if you order direct from seren here. Katrina naomi was the first writerinresidence at the bronte parsonage museum and recently writerinresidence at gladstones library where she wrote a sequence on the suffragettes, published as hooligans.
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Whats next for katrina naomi what are you working on now, and what can we. Katrina doesnt pretend she is an expert but prods and questions what she finds, while also questioning herself. A runnerup of the 2009 stanza poetry competition on the theme of villians, judged by philip gross. The girl with the cactus handshake, charlotte brontes corset, and lunch at the elephant and castle, which won the templar poetry pamphlet competition. Katrina naomis the girl with the cactus handshake peony moon. Her debut collection the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award. Karina naomi author katrina naomi has a phd in creative writing at goldsmiths college.
Beyond the haiku a japanese poetry workshop plus an evening. She received an arts councilbritish council award in 2017 to travel to japan. The guest reader is the awardwinning poet, mona arshi. I often write about my own life and this new book, the way the crocodile taught. Her first full collection, the girl with the cactus handshake, was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council award. Katrina naomi s first collection the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award. Katrina naomis inventive work locates a beauty, a balance in watching as it explores unusual lives at key moments.
Katrina was the first writerinresidence at the bronte. Katrina naomi was a joint winner of the 2008 templar poetry pamphlet and collection competition. The girl with the cactus handshake is her first full collection and was shortlisted in the. Katrina naomi holds a phd in creative writing from goldsmiths. Katrina naomi poet, tutor, mentor, translator, critic. This impressive collection is rich with colour, black comedy, and surprise. It feels like katrina naomi has been working her way up to this collection. The way the crocodile taught me by katrina naomi goodreads. In memory, margate, 1969, both the poems lines and its subjects are haunted by gaps, between the photographer father and his children, high on cliffs, then between the children, the younger so far below me. Katrina naomi s poetry is on poems on the underground. Katrina holds a phd in creative writing from goldsmiths. Her latest collection is the girl with the cactus handshake templar, 2009.
During 200910, she was the bronte parsonage museums first writerinresidence. Katrina naomi s first full collection the girl with the cactus handshake will be published by templar poetry in october 2009. Aug 02, 2010 katrina naomis first full collection, the girl with the cactus handshake templar poetry, 2009 has just been shortlisted for the london fringe festival new poetry award 2010. Her latest collection, the way the crocodile taught me, was published by seren in 2016. Hooligans, is katrinas 2015 pamphlet rack press, and is inspired by the suffragettes. Katrina naomi girl with the cactus handshake and judy brown loudness 1st prize. Katrina is a previous winner of the templar poetry competition. Katrina naomis the way the crocodile taught me is the eagerlyawaited second collection by this lively and popular poet. Katrina is a hawthornden fellow and a lecturer at falmouth university. I still cant quite believe that my poem is on the tube. Katrina naomi will be reading from her collection, the way the crocodile taught me, and aoife mannix will be performing an extract from her spoken word show, one stage at a time.
This summer she was writerinresidence at gladstones library in flintshire. Seren, katrina s publisher, has just unveiled the cover of her forthcoming collection, wild persistence, which will be published on 1 june. The girl with the cactus handshake by katrina naomi. Katrina naomi is a poet whose first full collection the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council england writers award. The girl with the cactus handshake her first full collection, the girl with the cactus handshake, was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council award. Katrina has been writerinresidence at the arnolfini, bronte parsonage museum, the leach pottery. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The girl with the cactus handshake templar poetry, which was shortlisted for the london new writers award, charlotte brontes corset bronte society, and lunch at the elephant and castle templar poetry which won the templar poetry pamphlet competition. She has a pamphlet, hooligans, inspired by the suffragettes, forthcoming from rack press in 2015. Her debut collection the girl with the cactus handshake received an arts council award and was. Katrina naomi is currently writerinresidence at the arnolfini. The girl with the cactus handshake katrina naomi templar poetry insensible heart maureen jivani mulfran press a republic of linen patrick brandon bloodaxe books new light for the old dark sam willetts cape poetry how to build a city tom chivers salt even the sea eleanor livingstone red squirrel press.
Katrina naomi s first collection the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council england writers award this impressive collection is rich with colour, black comedy, and surprise. The way the crocodile taught me by karina naomi, paperback. Nov 24, 2009 the girl with the cactus handshake november 24, 2009 meryl pugh last night i went to the launch of katrina naomis first, full collection, at the wheatsheaf, just off oxford st. I always love reading the poems on the underground. Katrina naomi poetry critique service katrina naomi. Katrina holds a phd in creative writing from goldsmiths and is a hawthornden fellow. Katrina naomi is completing a creative writing phd at goldsmiths focusing on violence in poetry. Typhoon etiquette, a japanesethemed pamphlet, is forthcoming from verve poetry press in april 2019. Katrina was writerinresidence at the arnolfini in 2016. Katrina has been writerinresidence at gladstones library in north wales where she wrote a sequence on the suffragettes, published by rack press as hooligans.
Aug 19, 2019 cotutoring the personal and the political poetry residential course at ty newydd, with deryn reesjones. She is originally from margate and lives and writes in south london, where she has recently completed an ma in creative and life writing at goldsmiths. Beyond the haiku a japanese poetry workshop plus an. Hooligans rack press, a pamphlet inspired by the suffragettes, launches in 2015. I think i must have done something however because i managed to sell 12 books and 3 pamphlets, which. Katrinas first full collection, the girl with the cactus handshake, was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council award. Katrina naomis first collection the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council england writers award. Katrina naomis poetry is on poems on the underground. The girl with the cactus handshake certainly deals with personal issues growing up in margate, relationships but this one tackles extraordinarily difficult personal experiences head on. Katrina is completing a phd in creative writing at goldsmiths, with a focus on violence in poetry. When i was at my most beautiful with katrina naomi. Buy the way the crocodile taught me by katrina naomi isbn. She has a phd in creative writing from goldsmiths, her thesis focuses on violence in poetry. She tutors for arvon, the poetry school and the poetry society.
Skype and penzance with katrina naomi the poetry society. Nov 01, 2009 katrina naomis first collection the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council england writers award. May 12, 2014 katrina naomi will be answering the questions here, on my blog. Katrinas first full collection, the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for the london new poetry award and received an arts council writers award. The way crocodile taught me by karina naomi overdrive. Katrina naomi will be answering the questions here, on my blog. I was a human rights worker for years before fully succumbing to poetry, but have found it difficult to write about a lot of the issues without sounding preachy and to be honest many of the resulting poems have been dire, so its great that this one has met with some success.
View katrina naomi s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Gladstones library mystery lady poetry competition 2014. The girl with the cactus handshake templar poetry, which was shortlisted for the london new writers award, and lunch at the elephant and castle which won the templar poetry pamphlet competition. Katrinas first full collection, the girl with the cactus handshake was shortlisted for. The emma press anthology of fatherhood the emma press ltd. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Hooligans, is katrina s 2015 pamphlet rack press, and is inspired by the suffragettes.
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