Moira Andrew: Born and educated in Scotland, now living and working in Somerset. Former head teacher, college lecturer and part-time tutor in creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. Author of books for primary teachers, Language in Colour, Paint a Poem etc. (Belair/Folens) Children’s poet, published by OUP, Nelson, Macmillan, Ginn, Scholastic, Macmillan etc and most recently by Poetry Space. Her poetry for an adult audience includes Light the Blue Touch Paper (Iron Press, 1986 & 1989), Fresh out of Dragonflies (Headlock Press, 1995), This Year, Next Year (Marvin Katz Press, 2004), Firebird (IDP, 2011) and Man in the Moon (IDP, 2014). The Dream Thing is her first novel (Palores Publications, 2010) and a short story for children, Grandad’s Party (Poetry Space, 2016). In 2017, an Eng/Rom collection, A Box of Sky, trans. Prof Dr Lidia Vianu, University of Bucharest, was published by Integral (Bucharest). This collection was followed by Breakfast with Swallows (Austin Macauley, 2017).
 
Comments on Moira Andrew’s work:
 

Moira Andrew’s poems are funny, quirky and fresh. They offer shrewd observations of older generations with profound insight into the strangest regions of our own minds. There are poems which paint landscapes of intense colour and fierce heat.

Alison Brackenbury, poet

&ldqu;Breakfast with Swallows” is Moira Andrew at her sensual best – nature, music, family, sex; all observed with the sharp eye and ready with that Moira has in dollops. She knows who she is and has the confidence to tell you, laying a trail with beautiful views and intriguing people.

Dawn Bauling, poet and editor