List Of Writers
MUNDY, SIMON
Lower Gwaithla, Gladestry, Kington HR5 3NT
Tel/Fax: (01544) 370273
Simon was Director of the National Campaign for the Arts 1990–1993 and is a poet, festival director, broadcaster and cultural policy adviser. He has had many books published including works of poetry, biography, children’s literature and cultural policy texts. Simon was born in 1954 and read drama at Manchester University. He has written for most national newspapers and many magazines. Simon also writes novels under the nom de plume ’James Eno’. His first is a politcal thriller, inspired by some of his experiences lobbying for the arts at the European Parliament in the 1990s.
Simon is Vice–President of the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage and the Presteigne Festival, and Director of the Centre for the Cultural Environment at King’s College, London. He is also a Trustee of the European Baroque Orchestra, The Sidney Nolan Trust and the Asian Music Centre and has worked as an adviser for UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the UN Mission in Kosovo..
Selected Publications:
As Simon Mundy:
Story of Music and Painting (Usborne Publications, 1980)
Letter to Carolina (Autolycus Press)
Elgar (Midas Books, 1981)
Bernard Haitink: A Working Life (Robson, 1987)
Purcell (Omnibus Press, 1995)
By Fax to Alice Springs (Gwaithel & Gilwern, 1996)
Election Specials (Gwaithel & Gilwern, 1997)
Making It Home: Europe and the Politics of Culture (Parapress, 1997)
Tchaikovsky (Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers) (Omnibus Press, 1998)
Cultural Policy: A Short Guide (Council of Europe, 2000)
European Perspectives on Cultural Policy (Culture, Development & Scoiety) (UNESCO, 2001)
After the Games (Calder Publications, 2003)
Inviting Trouble (Calder Publications, 2003)
Silent Movements (Hay Press, 2008)
As James Eno:
Seeking the Spoils (Hay Press, 2006)
Contributed to:
Sir Adrian Boult, C.H. (editor) (Midas Books, 1980)
Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
1. Poetry readings
2. Talks: On Arts Policy and Journalism
3. ’Poetry Plus’
4. Can offer collaborations with musicians and other writers if wanted
AGE RANGE: 16 upwards.