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Maggie Harris was born in Guyana and emigrated to the UK in 1971. Her first collection Limbolands won the Guyana prize for Literature 2000. Her second collection From Berbice to Broadstairs was published in 2006. Her current work in progress, granted a bursary by Arts Council South-East, is a memoir of her childhood in the Caribbean, The Conch Shell. Maggie has worked as Reader Development Worker for Kent Arts & Libraries, was creator & organiser of the Inscribing the Island Literature Festival, has tutored adults in Creative Writing for Kent University and has run numerous workshops for children and adults. Readings, performances and projects have taken place in the UK, Ireland, Europe & the Caribbean, and have included liaisons with Glyndebourne, Arts and County Councils, Loop Dance Company, Saga Group, Sissinghurst Gardens & National Trust, Broadstairs Folk Week & Libraries. Prose writing, essays, short stories & poems have been published by Virago, littleBrown, Wasafiri, Agenda, Equinox, The SHOp, Poetry Wales & Poetry News & others. Other Awards include TS Eliot Prize, Kent University, Leverhulme Research, Barbados, Year of the Artist, & Meridien TV Performance Bursary e-mail Maggie direct for readings, residencies, workshops & projects. |
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