List Of Writers

RAINSBURY, JULIE

Yr Hen Ysgol, Manordeifi, Newchapel, Boncath, Pembrokeshire  SA37 0HH
Tel: 07968 197809
Email: jrainsbury@btopenworld.com

Born in Kent and educated at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Julie worked as a primary teacher in Kent and south London before moving to Wales in 1978. She is a poet, short–story writer and children’s novelist, as well as an adjunct tutor in creative writing at Trinity College, Carmarthen. Her short stories for children have been broadcast by BBC Radio Wales and poems have appeared in various magazines, including Poetry Wales and New Welsh Review. Her adult short stories have appeared in anthologies. She was awarded a Welsh Arts Council bursary in 1993.

Selected Publications:
The Seventh Seal (Pont Books, 1993)
Spellmakers (Pont Books, 1998)
Swynion (Gomer, 1999)
Crab-Boy Cranc (Pont Books, 2000)
Night Lines (Gomer, 2000)
A Play this Time (Pont, 2002)
Mr Barafundle and the Rock Dragon (Pont, 2005)
Mr Penstrwmbl A’r Ddraig Fach (Gomer, 2005)
The Midwinters (Pont, 2005)

Contributed to:
Outrageous Oomph (co-writer) (Pont, 2001)



Eligible Writers on Tour Subjects Offered:
1. Read and discuss own work
2. ’Starting to Write’ workshops
3. Workshops for primary and secondary schools

AGE RANGE: 16-18 and adult for 1 and 2; 5-18 for 3.