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'Valerie Bloom' (born 1956) is a poet and a novelist.[1][2][3]
She was born in Clarendon, Jamaica in 1956 and later moved to England in 1979.[4] She attended the University of Kent at Canterbury from 1982 to 1984 and earned an honors degree, and was later awarded an honorary Masters degree. She currently lives in Kent.
She has published several collections[5], the most recent of which is ''Whoop an' Shout!'' Her first collection was ''Touch Mi, Tell Mi'' and this was followed by ''Duppy Jamboree'', ''Let me Touch the Sky'', ''The World is Sweet'' add ''Hot like Fire''. She has also edited a number of collections including ''Many Creeks One River'' and ''A Twist in the Tale'' and her poems have appeared in over two hundred anthologies.
Her first novel was ''Surprising Joy'' and her latest novel, ''The Tribe'', was published by Macmillan Children's Books.
She writes poetry both in English and Jamaican patois. Many of her performances include a 'crash course' in patois for audience members unfamiliar with the language. She has performed widely throughout the UK and abroad and appeared on many radio and TV programs. In 2005, she made a series of three programs focusing on Jamaican Poetry for BBC Radio 4 entitled ''Island Voices''.
1. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/profile/?p=auth5688A7141b5e91870DnSn41C93D2
2. http://www.bloomsbury.com/childrens/microsite.asp?section=3&id=61
3. http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/adult_resources/creative_writing/poems/valerie_bloom/index.html
4. http://www.panmacmillan.com/authors%20Illustrators/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Contributor&ContributorID=70390&RLE=Author
5. http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1692
★ Official Valerie Bloom website
★ Interview with Valerie Bloom
★ ''Granny Is''
★ A Journey Through the Senses
| Contents |
| Early years |
| Her works |
| References |
| External links |
Early years
She was born in Clarendon, Jamaica in 1956 and later moved to England in 1979.[4] She attended the University of Kent at Canterbury from 1982 to 1984 and earned an honors degree, and was later awarded an honorary Masters degree. She currently lives in Kent.
Her works
She has published several collections[5], the most recent of which is ''Whoop an' Shout!'' Her first collection was ''Touch Mi, Tell Mi'' and this was followed by ''Duppy Jamboree'', ''Let me Touch the Sky'', ''The World is Sweet'' add ''Hot like Fire''. She has also edited a number of collections including ''Many Creeks One River'' and ''A Twist in the Tale'' and her poems have appeared in over two hundred anthologies.
Her first novel was ''Surprising Joy'' and her latest novel, ''The Tribe'', was published by Macmillan Children's Books.
She writes poetry both in English and Jamaican patois. Many of her performances include a 'crash course' in patois for audience members unfamiliar with the language. She has performed widely throughout the UK and abroad and appeared on many radio and TV programs. In 2005, she made a series of three programs focusing on Jamaican Poetry for BBC Radio 4 entitled ''Island Voices''.
References
1. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/profile/?p=auth5688A7141b5e91870DnSn41C93D2
2. http://www.bloomsbury.com/childrens/microsite.asp?section=3&id=61
3. http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/adult_resources/creative_writing/poems/valerie_bloom/index.html
4. http://www.panmacmillan.com/authors%20Illustrators/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Contributor&ContributorID=70390&RLE=Author
5. http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1692
External links
★ Official Valerie Bloom website
★ Interview with Valerie Bloom
★ ''Granny Is''
★ A Journey Through the Senses
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