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Moira's
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Poetry collections for an adult audience:
'Firebird',
Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2011
A life traced here with its flows and changes – sensual thrills, mature satisfactions, sadness and loss, all backlit by awareness of how provisional our tenure is. Each poem is a clear flask, with its lucid unfussy language, its different elegant stanza shapes, revealing the passage of time it contains. They show a range of feeling, without sentimentality. As if experience of grief has clarified their vision, the poems look beyond the self and are sharp-eyed and humane. Philip Gross
These compelling poems show a poet coming to terms with grief, drawing on memory, wit, the present moment and the rounded experience of a loved life. A painterly eye brings skilful use of colour imagery to add to the impact of this aptly-titled collection. All the senses are alive in these pages where ‘Firebird’ holds the key to love and death. Highly recommended. Penelope Shuttle |
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'This Year, Next Year',
Marvin Katz Press, 2004 & Authorhouse, 2008
Honest, erotic, tender and humorous, Moira Andrew’s poetry gives a telling insight into a woman’s passions, commitments and dilemmas.
Peter Mortimer
Moira Andrew’s richly descriptive poetry often centres upon her theme; relationships. A fine painterly poet who never fails to repay the reader. Wes Magee
‘This Year, Next Year’ is a book of poetry about love and loss … (it) turned my heart inside out. Maureen Lipman in ‘The Guardian’ |
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'Light the blue Touch Paper',
Iron Press, 1986 & 1989
'Fresh out of Dragonflies',
Headlock Press, 1995
Publications for teenagers:
'The Dream Thing',
Palores Press, 2010
Marigold is tormented by what she calls ‘The Dream Thing’, a nightmare in which she keeps meeting a lad with haunting blue eyes. One afternoon, in broad daylight this same young man walks out of her dreams and announces that he has come to take care of her. This is Luke, a part-time ghost, who appears and disappears throughout the story. Marigold, living alone in Cornwall with her dad, is finding life difficult, especially when he meets a new partner. Overweight and oddly-dressed, Marigold makes an easy target for the school bullies and she comes to dread Mondays. Luke, however, is more than a match for the bully-boys and also helps Marigold to cope with her dad’s new relationship. Luke uses his invisibility to spring some surprises all round. Although he exasperates her much of the time, Marigold begins to enjoy Luke’s company. He thinks he might be falling in love with her, but knows he can’t live in the real world forever.
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Publications for teachers include:
'Patchwork of Poems',
Folens, 2000
'Patchwork of Poems', A collection of Moira Andrew's
poetry supporting popular themes familiar to young children.
Each full colour photocopiable poem provides opportunities
for talking and listening, discussing structures and inspirational
ideas for writing, presentation and display.
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'Tell me a Tale',
Folens, 2002
'Tell me a Tale', This book presents stories and folk tales
from around the world as a stimulus for language and display.
Each story is retold in a complete abridged version, providing
opportunities for speaking and listening, literacy and artwork.
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'Paint a Poem', Belair, 1996
'Paint a Poem' is a comprehensive collection of ideas for writing poetry for children from five to eleven years – together with inspiring presentation and display.
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Publications for
children include:
New Book: ‘Wish a Wish’, a collection of children’s poetry to be published by Poetry Space Ltd. in spring 2012.
‘Wish a Wish’ brings together poems by Moira Andrew from over twenty years of writing for children. This collection includes poems about home, school and family, about growing up and feeling different from the crowd. It also includes poems to mark the special occasions in a child’s year. This book is set to be read and loved by children and adults alike. It draws on Moira’s experience of being a child as well as her clear empathy with the children she has worked with over the years. |
‘The very useful
bag’, Leaf Books Ltd, 2006
A story about a boy with chickenpox who had 'more spots
than a ladybird'. |
'Owl's Party',
Collins, 1994. Buy
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'Letters from Lucy',
Collins, 1994. Buy
from Amazon |
'The Day Poppy said Yes',
Longman 1994
Also available in Welsh. Buy
from Amazon |
'The Day Poppy Went Out',
Longman 1994
Also available in Welsh. Buy
from Amazon |
| 'The Make a Book Book',
Collins 1994 |
| 'Baboushka' (a
play), Collins, 1996 |
| 'A Glass of Fresh Air',
(poetry), Collins, 1996 |
| 'When Eva was Evacuated',
Ginn, 1998 |
| 'Easy Peasy Cookbook',
Ginn, 1998 |
| 'On the Beach',
Pearson, 2000 |
| 'The Best Present',
Pearson, 2000 |
Also poetry anthologies published by Macmillan, Nelson &
Puffin Viking. More stories and reading books from Longman,
Heinemann, Ginn & Collins. Poems published in anthologies
from OUP, Barefoot, Cambridge University Press, Longman,
Ginn, Wayland and others. Poems in Scholastic educational
magazines and, occasionally, on the BBC.
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