1987-2004 Principal of Bridge Integrated Primary School, Banbridge.
Creative Writing and Poetry:
SELB. Teacher Writers’ Award.
Best Short Story, 1994.
BBC Manchester. Short Story ‘Omega’ 1995.
Co-ordinated Anthology of Children’s Poems,
‘Over The Moon, Co. Down.’ 1996.
Creative Writing Workshop Leader:
‘Parents and Other Writers’, Bridge Primary School. 1999-2000 @ 2000-2001.
SELB Writers Workshop, Adrian Rice and Charles Graham.
Performance Poetry:
Resident Poet,‘Cheshire’ Expedition to Uzbekistan, Western Himalayas, 2000.
Teacher Writer Exchange, Fjellstronde Skole, Oslo, Norway. 2002.
Teaching English and Poetry, New English School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2005.
Currently; Performance Poetry, Belfast.
Workshops;
New Belfast Community Arts Inniative- Schools’ poetry facilitator. April- May 2007.
New Belfast Community Arts Inniative- Schools’ poetry facilitator. April- May 2008.
Residencies:
Lurgan, Co. Armagh, N. Ireland. June-2008, Midsummer’s Dream Festival: Poet in Residence for Craigavon Arts in Motion.
Armagh City. Poet in Residence for National Poetry Week, October 2008 for Southern Education and Library Board.
Lower North Belfast Community Council, Poet in Residence,Children's Book Festival, March 2009.
Completed Works: With Love, As Always; Published by Lava Press, Belfast, 2008.
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