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Jane Weir is Anglo-Italian, grew up in Manchester and lived in Belfast for
several years before moving back to England. She was joint winner of the first
Jackson Dawson Award for Poetry (2003) and her first collection, The Way I
Dressed During the Revolution (Templar Poetry, 2005) was shortlisted for the
Glen Dimplex New Writers Award (2006). She has published a pamphlet,
Alice, (2006) based partially on the life of the early twentieth century Derby
political activist, Alice Wheeldon and a short monograph on the poet
Charlotte Mew. She is currently completing a monograph on Katherine
Mansfield, the modernist short story writer. Jane Weir's second collection,
Before Playing Romeo, was launched at the Wordsworth Trust Summer Poetry
Readings at Grasmere in October 2007.
Walking the Block, Jane Weir's poetic biography of the creative lives of Phyllis
Barron and Dorothy Larcher, the highly respected twentieth century textile
designers, is launched at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham in October 2008.
Click her to find out more.
Selvedge, the prestigious textile and design magazine, carries a feature on
Walking the Block and Barron and Larcher's work in the May 2008 issue.
Her poetry is also published elsewhere in poetry magazines and anthologies
including Out of Fashion (Faber), Answering Back (Picador) and The Forward Book
of Poetry.
Jane lives in Derbyshire and Manchester where she writes and runs her own
textile and design business.
several years before moving back to England. She was joint winner of the first
Jackson Dawson Award for Poetry (2003) and her first collection, The Way I
Dressed During the Revolution (Templar Poetry, 2005) was shortlisted for the
Glen Dimplex New Writers Award (2006). She has published a pamphlet,
Alice, (2006) based partially on the life of the early twentieth century Derby
political activist, Alice Wheeldon and a short monograph on the poet
Charlotte Mew. She is currently completing a monograph on Katherine
Mansfield, the modernist short story writer. Jane Weir's second collection,
Before Playing Romeo, was launched at the Wordsworth Trust Summer Poetry
Readings at Grasmere in October 2007.
Walking the Block, Jane Weir's poetic biography of the creative lives of Phyllis
Barron and Dorothy Larcher, the highly respected twentieth century textile
designers, is launched at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham in October 2008.
Click her to find out more.
Selvedge, the prestigious textile and design magazine, carries a feature on
Walking the Block and Barron and Larcher's work in the May 2008 issue.
Her poetry is also published elsewhere in poetry magazines and anthologies
including Out of Fashion (Faber), Answering Back (Picador) and The Forward Book
of Poetry.
Jane lives in Derbyshire and Manchester where she writes and runs her own
textile and design business.
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