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Gordon Meade (born 1957) is a poet.[1]

Biography

Gordon Meade studied English at the University of Dundee and Newcastle University.[2] In 1993 he was appointed a creative writing fellow at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee.[2] He was also writer in residence for Dundee District Libraries.[2]

Since 2000 he has led creative writing workshops for adults and vulnerable young children in drop-in centres and hospitals, as well as at Universities in Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg.[3][4] From 2008-2010 and 2011-2012 he was one of the Royal Literary Fund writing fellows at the University of Dundee.[3][4]

Meade's latest work, Les Animots: A Human Bestiary, a book-length series of illustrated poems, was published in 2015.[4]

Works

  • The Singing Seals (Chapman Publishing, 1991) ISBN 0906772338
  • The Scrimshaw Sailor (Chapman Publishing, 1996) ISBN 0906772737
  • A Man at Sea (Diehard Press, 2003) ISBN 0946230781
  • The Cleaner Fish (Arrowhead Press, 2006) ISBN 1904852106
  • The Private Zoo (Arrowhead Press, 2008) ISBN 1904852106
  • The Familiar (Arrowhead Press, 2011) ISBN 1904852297
  • Sounds of the Real World (Cultured Llama Publishing, 2013) ISBN 0992648505
  • Les Animots: A Human Bestiary (Cultured Llama Publishing, 2015) ISBN 0992648599

References

  1. ^ "Gordon Meade". Scottish Poetry Library. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Gordon Meade" (PDF). University of Dundee. 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Gordon Meade". Scottish Book Trust. 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Gordon Meade". Royal Literary Fund. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  • [1] – Interview with Cultured Llama Publishing 2014