MATT SIMPSON
Matt Simpson is a poet for adults and children. He has four full-length collections for adults, and his work has been widely
published in this country and in Europe and Australia.
Workshops and readings
Matt has worked with children and adults in schools, colleges and universities, playschemes and youth clubs.
He has taught courses at Liverpool University and with the Arvon Foundation; he has worked as a writer at Eureka Children's Museum and at Nottingham Playhouse.
In 1995 Matt was Writer in Residence (funded by the British Council) in Tasmania.
Matt has led workshops for the Windows Project since 1978, and has twice acted as mentor on the Writers' Attachment Scheme.
He retired in 1998 from his post as Senior Lecturer in English at Liverpool Hope University College.
Matt works mainly with pupils in Key Stages 2, 3 and 4.
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| MATT SIMPSON - publications |
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| poetry collections for junior readers |
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The Pigs' Thermal Underwear
Matt, Wes and Pete
(re-issued as Lost Property Box |
Headland, 1993
Macmillan 1995
.in 1998) |
| poems in over 60 anthologies, including: |
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| for infant and junior readers: |
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One in a Million
My First has gone Bonkers
All in the Family
Dracula's Auntie Ruthless
Snoggers
A Glass of Fresh Air
Parent Free Zone
Dear Future
Unzip Your Lips
We Woz Robbed
Poems for 8 Year Olds
'Ere We Go
You'll Never Walk Alone |
Viking (Moira Andrew), 1992
Blackie (Brian Moses), 1993
O.U.P. (John Foster), 1993
Pan Piper (David Orme), 1994
Pan Piper (David Orme), 1995
Collins (Moira Andrew), 1996
Macmillan (Brian Moses), 1997
Hodder (David Orme), 1997
Macmillan (Paul Cookson), 1998
Macmillan (David Orme), 1997
Macmillan (Susie Gibbs), 1999
Pan Piper (David Orme), 1993
Macmillan (David Orme), 1995
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| for teenage readers |
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Toughie Toffee
The Poetry Show 2
Poetry with a Sharper Edge
Give Me Shelter
Criminal Records |
Collins (David Orme), 1989
Macmillan (Orme/Sale), 1987
Stanley Thornes, 1990
Bodley Head (Rosen), 1991
Viking (Anne Harvey), 1994 |
For details contact
The Windows Project > Liver House > 96 Bold Street > Liverpool > L1 4HY
Please contact the Project first on 0151 709 3688 or email to check details etc.
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