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Phil Bowen

Philip Hugh Bowen is a British poet, playwright, performer, teacher and biographer. He grew up in Liverpool, where he taught from 1972 to 1979. During the 1980s, he was a publican before becoming a full-time writer in 1992. He lives in Cornwall and works all over the country as a performer and writer in schools.

Books
Poetry • What the night says • That Was Peter Glaze – Ure Press – 1993, • The Professor’s Boots – Westwords – 1994, • Jewels & Binoculars (Ed) – Stride 1994, • Things We Said Today (Ed) Stride -1995, • Variety’s Hammer – Stride – 1997, • Starfly – Stride – 2004, • Nowhere’s Far – New & Selected Poems 1990–2009 – Salt Publications, As contributor • Hepworth –Westwords – 1993, • Return to Sender – Headlock – 1994, • The Bridport Anthology – Sansom - 1995, • The Forward Anthology – Forward – 1998, • Paradise for Sale – Arts Council Collection – 1998, • Welsh Routes – Liverpool Community Spirit – 2006, • Hidden Histories – Exeter University – 2007, • You Have Been Warned – Oxford - 2008, Prose • A Gallery to Play to – the story of the Mersey Poets – Stride – 1998, Updated and republished – Liverpool University Press - 2008. Plays • A Handful Of Rain: New York City, Edinburgh, Swansea, New End Theatre – 1999 - 2002, • The Same Boat: Swansea, Cardiff and at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003/4, • The Other Side of the Words: Swansea Penzance in 2004 – St Ives 2006, • Chimney Kids– (a musical for children with Paul Butler): Camborne, 2004, Swansea 2006, • Anything But Love: New End London 2007, Swansea 2008, St Ives Festival 2009, Cheltenham Literature Festival 2010 • Parlez Vous Jig Jig: Swansea, 2004, 2006, Shakespeare Link, Powys, Rosemary Branch, London 2008. • A Case of the Poet: London 2006, Hull 2007, ==Other publications==
Other publications
• Crafting Poetry – Original Writing for GCSE Readings by Phil Bowen – DMEC • The Blue Hand DVD (DMEC) • Adventures in Poetry – Radio 4 - Tonight at Noon – Adrian Henri 2004 • Centre of the Creative Universe – Liverpool & the Avant-Garde – Liverpool University Press and Tate Liverpool – 2007 . Revisiting Allen Ginsberg’s Liverpool trip in 1965…. ==Radio, Television and Film==
Radio, Television and Film
• Poetry Please • Write Out Loud • Something Understood • The Archive Hour • Adventures in Poetry - Radio 4 • Happy Birthday Poetry - Radio 2 • London Weekend TV • Laughing Gas (Andrew Lanyon Films) - Mister Aquaviva Pilot for Theta Films 2007/08 ==Awards==
Awards
• The Ralph Lewis Award 1997 (Sussex University) • The Bridport Prize 1998 Runner Up ==External links==
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