Colette Bryce
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Colette Bryce is a critically acclaimed poet from Derry
, Northern Ireland
. Bryce lived in London
until 2002 when she moved to Scotland, followed by a move to the North East of England in 2005. She was Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Dundee
from 2003–2005, and North East Literary Fellow (University of Newcastle upon Tyne
) from 2005–2007.
, which also introduced the work of poets Kate Clanchy and Alice Oswald
, among others. That year she won an Eric Gregory Award. Her poetry appears in recent anthologies Modern Women Poets (Bloodaxe), and The New Irish Poets (Bloodaxe), Forward Book of Poetry 2009 (Forward) and Hand in Hand (Faber).
Her first collection The Heel of Bernadette, published in 2000 by Picador, won the Aldeburgh
Poetry Festival Prize and the Strong Award for new Irish poets.
In 2003, Bryce won the National Poetry Competition
for her poem, The Full Indian Rope Trick, which became the title-poem of her second collection, short-listed for the TS Eliot Award the following year.
Her third collection Self-Portrait in the Dark was published in 2008. It includes the poem Self-Portrait in a Broken Wing-Mirror that won the Academi
Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 2007.
A pamphlet, The Observations of Aleksandr Svetlov, appeared from Donut Press in 2007. She was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award
in 2009 for her Self-Portrait in the Dark collection.
Bryce lives in Newcastle upon Tyne and works as a freelance writer and editor.
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Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. Bryce lived in London
London
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until 2002 when she moved to Scotland, followed by a move to the North East of England in 2005. She was Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Dundee
University of Dundee
The University of Dundee is a university based in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee on eastern coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland and with a small number of institutions elsewhere....
from 2003–2005, and North East Literary Fellow (University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle University is a major research-intensive university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. It was established as a School of Medicine and Surgery in 1834 and became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne by an Act of Parliament in August 1963. Newcastle University is...
) from 2005–2007.
Her works
Bryce's first published work was included in the 1995 volume Anvil New Poets, ed. Carol Ann DuffyCarol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy, CBE, FRSL is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's poet laureate in May 2009...
, which also introduced the work of poets Kate Clanchy and Alice Oswald
Alice Oswald
-Career:Oswald read Classics at New College, Oxford, has worked as a gardener at Chelsea Physic Garden, and today lives with her husband, the playwright Peter Oswald , and her three children in Devon, in the South-West of England....
, among others. That year she won an Eric Gregory Award. Her poetry appears in recent anthologies Modern Women Poets (Bloodaxe), and The New Irish Poets (Bloodaxe), Forward Book of Poetry 2009 (Forward) and Hand in Hand (Faber).
Her first collection The Heel of Bernadette, published in 2000 by Picador, won the Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Located on the River Alde, the town is notable for its Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts where freshly caught fish are sold daily, and the Aldeburgh Yacht Club...
Poetry Festival Prize and the Strong Award for new Irish poets.
In 2003, Bryce won the National Poetry Competition
National Poetry Competition
The National Poetry Competition is an annual poetry prize established in 1978. It is run by the UK-based Poetry Society and accepts entries from all over the world, with over 10,000 poems being submitted to the competition each year...
for her poem, The Full Indian Rope Trick, which became the title-poem of her second collection, short-listed for the TS Eliot Award the following year.
Her third collection Self-Portrait in the Dark was published in 2008. It includes the poem Self-Portrait in a Broken Wing-Mirror that won the Academi
Academi
Literature Wales Literature Wales Literature Wales (formerly the Academi is the Welsh national literature promotion agency and society of writers, existing to promote Welsh-language and English-language literature in Wales. Literature Wales publishes a literary magazine called Taliesin and a...
Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 2007.
A pamphlet, The Observations of Aleksandr Svetlov, appeared from Donut Press in 2007. She was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award
Poetry Now Award
The Poetry Now Award is an annual literary prize presented for the best single volume of poetry by an Irish poet. The €5,000 award is presented during the annual Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Poetry Now international poetry festival. The festival began in 1996 and the first Poetry Now Award was bestowed...
in 2009 for her Self-Portrait in the Dark collection.
Bryce lives in Newcastle upon Tyne and works as a freelance writer and editor.
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