Zoë Skoulding
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Zoë Skoulding is a poet
, writer
, musician, performer, and also a lecturer in creative writing.
Since 1994 she has edited the creative writing magazine Skald, more recently alongside co-editor Ian Davidson with whom she also writes collaboratively, and is the current editor of Poetry Wales
.
She has written lyrics for Welsh
musicians Rheinallt H Rowlands
and David Wrench, with whom she also played bass, and has performed with "anglo-welsh kosmische supergroup" The Serpents and her own "psychogeographical sound collective" Parking Non-Stop.
She has appeared at recent international festivals in Prague
, Montreal
, Sarajevo
, and Bratislava
.
, United Kingdom
. Having previously lived in East Anglia
, India
and Belgium
, Zoë Skoulding now lives in north Wales
with her husband, the musician Alan Holmes
.
Poems online
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, musician, performer, and also a lecturer in creative writing.
Since 1994 she has edited the creative writing magazine Skald, more recently alongside co-editor Ian Davidson with whom she also writes collaboratively, and is the current editor of Poetry Wales
Poetry Wales
Poetry Wales is a quarterly magazine published in Bridgend, Wales in the UK. It publishes poetry, articles and reviews.Poetry Wales was founded by Meic Stephens in 1965, and has since been edited by Sam Adams, John Powell Ward , Cary Archard, Mike Jenkins , Richard Poole , Robert Minhinnick and...
.
She has written lyrics for Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
musicians Rheinallt H Rowlands
Rheinallt H Rowlands
Rheinallt H Rowlands was a band from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch operating between 1991 and 2001. It was the brain-child of Ectogram's Alan Holmes and consisted of Oz Wright and Dewi Evans...
and David Wrench, with whom she also played bass, and has performed with "anglo-welsh kosmische supergroup" The Serpents and her own "psychogeographical sound collective" Parking Non-Stop.
She has appeared at recent international festivals in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, and Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
.
Personal life
Skoulding was born in BradfordBradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Having previously lived in East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Zoë Skoulding now lives in north Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
with her husband, the musician Alan Holmes
Alan Holmes
Alan Holmes is a musician, artist and record producer, based in north Wales.Although he began his musical career in the late 1960s in childhood beat group The Insects, he first came to prominence in The Zuggs , followed by A Silly Tree, the latter including Gary Stubbs, later of Cut Tunes with whom...
.
Discography
- 1996 Rheinallt H RowlandsRheinallt H RowlandsRheinallt H Rowlands was a band from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch operating between 1991 and 2001. It was the brain-child of Ectogram's Alan Holmes and consisted of Oz Wright and Dewi Evans...
– Bukowski - 1997 David WrenchDavid WrenchDavid Wrench is a singer, musician and studio producer/ sound engineer from Anglesey, Wales. His music has ranged from camp synth pop to Doom inspired Folk....
– Black Roses - 1997 David WrenchDavid WrenchDavid Wrench is a singer, musician and studio producer/ sound engineer from Anglesey, Wales. His music has ranged from camp synth pop to Doom inspired Folk....
– Blow Winds Blow - 1997 David WrenchDavid WrenchDavid Wrench is a singer, musician and studio producer/ sound engineer from Anglesey, Wales. His music has ranged from camp synth pop to Doom inspired Folk....
– The Ballad of the Christmas Tree and the Silver Birch - 1998 The Serpents – No Mask, No Cloak, Dim Gobaith
- 1999 The Serpents – You Have Just Been Poisoned by the Serpents
- 2001 Various artists – Infrasonic Waves
- 2006 FaustFaust (band)Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...
– Faust... in Autumn - 2008 Parking Non-Stop - Species Corridor
External links
Poems online
- http://www.bigbridge.org/wpzskoulding.htm
- http://www.shearsman.com/pages/magazine/back_issues/shearsman56/skoulding1.html
- http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/freeverse/Archives/Winter_2004/poems/Z_Skoulding_October.htm
- http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/freeverse/Archives/Winter_2004/poems/Z_Skoulding_Apocryphal.htm
- http://locker.teichenberg.at/alme/node/www/showStation.php/766st5/from__41