Wes Magee
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Wes Magee is a poet and children's author who was born in Greenock
, Scotland in July, 1939. He has published 6 collections of poetry for adults, and more than 90 books for children including poetry, fiction, plays, picture books, and anthologies. He now lives in the hamlet of Thorgill, on the North Yorkshire Moors.
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Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
, Scotland in July, 1939. He has published 6 collections of poetry for adults, and more than 90 books for children including poetry, fiction, plays, picture books, and anthologies. He now lives in the hamlet of Thorgill, on the North Yorkshire Moors.
Awards and accolades
- Urban Gorilla, a collection for adults, won the New Poets Award in 1972.
- The Blackstaff Collection No Man's Land was a recommendation of the Poetry Book Society in 1978.
- The Very Best of Wes Magee, a selection of poems for children, won the Award of the Children's Poetry Bookshelf in 2002.
Forthcoming works
New collections of poems for adults, Joyriding! (Salt Publishing) and A Thorgill Year (The Happy Dragons' PressHappy Dragons' Press
The Happy Dragons' Press is a non-profit private press in North Essex, UK, which publishes limited edition volumes of poetry using letterpress printing methods. There are currently two series produced by the press, the Dragon Poems in Translation series and the New Garland series...
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Performance work
Wes Magee performs poetry shows in schools around the UK. Tours have also included Germany, Northern Ireland, and Guernsey and he was a visiting Professor at Rollins CollegeRollins College
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....
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