'The best poems are those which speak to us about the important
things in our lives in a way that we never forget. '
--- Andrew Motion
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Poet Laureate Andrew Motion
gave the keynote speech and read with the tutors and the London Time Bank
Poetry Groups at the Poetry Café, Betterton Street, London on
October 6th 2005 (5pm: Waterloo; 5:08:West Euston Purple Poets; 5:18: My
Time, Our Time; 6pm, Rushey Green; 6:21: Middlesex University; 6:27: Clapham
Park; 7pm: New Addington; 7:05 Charles Dickens School; 7:12: Deptford and
New Cross).
Andrew Motion was appointed Poet Laureate in May 1999. He is a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Camden. In 2005 he was appointed
Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.
In addition to making regular visits to schools and Festivals, he has also
co-founded The Poetry Archive, a web-based collection of poets reading their
work which will have a significant value for general readers as well as teachers
and students (it includes a dedicated 'education zone').
Books (to 2006):
Goodnestone: A Sequence Workshop Press, 1972
Inland Cygnet Press, 1976
The Pleasure Steamers Sycamore Press, 1977
The Poetry of Edward Thomas Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980
Independence Salamander Press, 1981
Philip Larkin Methuen, 1982
Secret Narratives Salamander Press, 1983
Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984 Salamander Press / Penguin, 1984
Natural Causes Chatto & Windus, 1987
Two Poems Words, 1988
Love in a Life Faber and Faber, 1991
Selected Poems by Thomas Hardy (editor) Dent, 1994
The Price of Everything Faber and Faber, 1994
Penguin Modern Poets: Volume 11
(Michael Donaghy, Andrew Motion, Hugo Williams) Penguin, 1997
Salt Water Faber and Faber, 1997
Selected Poems 1976-1997 Faber and Faber, 1998
John Keats: Poems Selected by Andrew Motion Faber and Faber, 2000
A Long Story The Old School Press, 2001 www.theoldschoolpress.com
Here to Eternity: An Anthology of Poetry (editor) Faber and Faber, 2001
Public Property Faber and Faber, 2002
First World War Poems (editor) Faber and Faber, 2003
In the Blood: A Memoir of my Childhood Faber and Faber, Sept 2006
Biography
Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life Faber and Faber,
1993
The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit Chatto & Windus, 1986
Keats: A Biography Faber and Faber, 1997
Wainewright the Poisoner Faber and Faber, 2000
Fiction
The Invention of Dr Cake Faber and Faber, 2003
OTHER INTERNET SITES FEATURING
ANDREW MOTION'S WORK:
Andrew Motion Official Website
http://www.andrewmotion.co.uk
Reading Schedule and Contact Details:
http://www.uktouring.org.uk/andrewmotion/
The Poetry Archive
http://www.poetryarchive.org
2005 Purple Poets' Reading
National Poetry Day
London Time Bank Network
2006 National Poetry Day
Guest Poet : Richard Price
London Time Bank Network
HISTORY OF THE POETRY PROJECT
