Peter Street
BIOGRAPHY
International published poet who was born to an irish mother, brought up with english stepfather sired by a spaniard from seville. Peter Street Ex Forester turned qualified youth worker began to write after a severe spinal accident in 1982 which turned out to be one of the best things to happen to him.
WEBSITE
disability arts on line - archives
GENRE
Poetry And Short Stories
PUBLICATIONS | PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Poetry Book Collections:
"Trees Will Be Trees" Shoe String Press ISBN189949 60 9
"Still Standing" Towpath Press ISBN 1 901999 084
"Out Of The Fire" Spike Books - ISBN 0 9518978 1 0 - Forward Nomination
Thumbing FRom Lipik to Pakrac, New and Selected Poems, Waterloo Press
ISBN978-1-906742-003
Not Caild Fireweed Fa Nowt Shoestring Press
Anthologies:
Beyond Bedlam (Anvil Press)
Forward Book Of Poetry 1994.
Excite The Mind, (A.K. Press.)
Matt Simpson: A birthday celebration. (Stride)
Survivors Poetry. (Survivors Press)
Beyond Bedlam (Anvil Press)
Magazines:
Disability Arts Magazine,
Disability Arts In London,
Excite The Mind, (A.K Press)
Exile, Fat Chance, Iota, Iron,
Mailout, Making Connections (Stride Publications)
Smoke, Pychopoetica,
Under The Asylum Tree (Survivors Guide)
Poetry Commissions:
Poems for the Tony Bevan Arts Catalogue: The Turnpike
Centre Leigh
Royal Mission For Deep Sea Fishermen and their Families.
Poems For Waiting Rooms ( funded by the Arts Council)
Wigan Borough Engineers poem for "Hag Fold"
Disability Arts On line
Television:
I.T.V. Granada Reports
I.T.V Link Special (RemembranceSunday)
B.B.C. North West Tonight
Zoom T.V Rundfunk, Munich, Germany.
Nederlandse Programma Stichting ( Holland)
Radio:
The World Service
Radio Four’s "You and Yours"
Radio Five Live
Radio One
Greater Manchester Radio
Radio Merseyside
Major Performances:
Poetry Society. Manchester Town Hall.
ManchesterFree Trade Hall,
Civic Centre Carlisle,
Piazza Covent Garden.
The OctagonTheatre Bolton,
Alambra Theatre Bradford.
Cornerhouse, Manchester.
Watermans Centre London,
Central Library, Manchester.
PLUS, dozens of pubs and small clubs up and down the country
WORKSHOP | READINGS EXPERIENCE","REFERENCE/S
I am a supply teacher (primary and secondary). Whenever possible I will talk to my pupils about writing stories.
REFERENCE/S
Available, but I do not send them on speculation. Please email me and let me know what sort of organisation you want a reference from.
GROUP SIZE PREFERENCE
No preference
GROUP AGE PREFERENCE
No preference
WORKING LANGUAGE/S
English & Dialect Lancashire
AREA/S PREPARED TO TRAVEL
30 miles from centre of Manchester but further by
OTHER INFORMATION
Recipient of a Royal Literary Fund grant
Member of the Society of Authors
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