List Of Writers

JAMES, LAURENCE

4 Heol Gwermont, Llansaint, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire SA17 5JA
Tel: (01267) 267984

Poet and translator. Born in Hanover, of Welsh and English parents. Educated at the Department of Architecture, Kingston School of Art (Polytechnic) and the University of Glamorgan (MA Creative Writing). EFL in Germany throughout the 1980s. Since his return to Wales in 1997, ESOL/EAP Language Support in Adult Education, University, Business and Secondary School. Since the 1980s, Laurence has had his poems published in various booklets and magazines including Oasis, Other Poetry, The North, Babel (Germany), The Rialto, Staple, Swansea Review, New Welsh Review, Poetry Wales etc. He came ’Recommended’ in the Ware and Blue Nose poetry competitions. Some of his work is performed / recorded with the keyboard setting.

Selected Publications:
On The Lake (Envoi Poets Publications, 1987)
That Much is Clear (Envoi Poets Publications, 1989)
Song Abroad,: Versions of Mahler Lieder (Making Waves, 1992)
Jack (Envoi Poets Publications, 1992)
Aja and Indumati (Lapwing Publications, 2005)
Vulcanologist’s Workshop (Lapwing Publications, 2007)

Contributor:
Trane at the Ship: A Jazz Related Sequence (collaborator) (Making Waves 1995)
I London (collaborator) (Falling Leaves 1998)



Eligible Writers on Tour subjects:
1. Readings from / discussion of own poetry (and translations)

AGE RANGE: Adults and 16+ secondary school