On a Limestone Outcrop, Birkrigg, near Bardsea, with Roydog, summer 2017, photo by Geoff Green (copyright)
UK Cumbrian-born writer Dr. Geraldine
Green
is an experienced freelance creative writing tutor, former university teacher, mentor, editor of Harestone Press, reviewer, published poet and associate editor
of Poetry Bay
She's taught and mentored creative writing undergraduates at the University of Cumbria and also Lancaster University.
Her work has been translated into German and Romanian. You can read more about this on the website Poetry PF: poetry pRO and poetry tREnD
In 2010 she gained a Doctorate in Creative Writing Poetry from Lancaster University titled "An Exploration of Identity and Environment through Poetry"; 2005 saw her awarded an MA (Distinction) in Creative Writing Poetry, also from Lancaster University.
She undertook a BA Hons. in Imaginative Writing/Literature, Life and Thought at Liverpool John Moores University 2000 and gained a First. In 2002 she achieved a Res. Dip. in Creative Writing titled "Landscape in the Poetry of Emily Bronte".
Geraldine became the first Writer-in-Residence at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria in 2014. As part of her residency she led a series of four creative writing workshops titled “In Search of the Sacred”, gave a talk on the work of Margaret Fell and George Fox, where she read from her pamphlet collection A Wing and A Prayer written in response to her residency and edited Living Words an anthology of writing by students on her 'In Search of the Sacred' workshops.
In 2015 she became the first writer-in-residence at Brantwood, Coniston, former home of John Ruskin. Her new collection Passing Through contains work written in response to her Brantwood residency. Geraldine has been co-tutoring residential courses at Brantwood for seven years. Guest tutors include: Penelope Shuttle, George Wallace, Pippa Little and Graham Mort. Geraldine hosts poetry evenings, open mic and supper in The Terrace cafe, Brantwood.
She also performed alongside Ulverston Saxophonist Jess Gillam at Brantwood in April 2016 and was instrumental in Steve Coogan appearing there at a fund-raising event in March 2016 for Cumbria Community Foundation Flood Recovery Appeal. Both events were sold out. Watershed, an anthology by Cumbrian writers, was published by Harestone Press to help raise money for the Fund. Co-editors: Nick Pemberton, Ann Wilson and Geraldine Green.
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From Kendal to Kansas, Albany to Albuquerque, Cornwall to Callander, Suffolk to Swansea, Liverpool to Long Island, New York to Newcastle, Carlisle to California, Oakland to Oklahoma, Orta Italy, Skiathos Greece and many points in between, Geraldine enjoys reading her work across the UK and beyond.
Festivals where she has read include:
Borderlines Carlisle
Callander Poetry, host Sally Evans Scotland
Dylan Thomas Birthplace Festival of Words 5 Cwmdonkin Drive Swansea
Live from Worktown Bolton
International Women's Art Festival Kendal
Ted Hughes Festival Hebden Bridge
Poetry on the Lake, Orta Italy
Skiathos Writing Retreat, Greece
Woody Guthrie Okemah Oklahoma
Walking with Whitman, Walt Whitman Birthplace Long Island NY with ML Liebler and Ed Stevers,
International Beat Poetry Festival Connecticut
Wordsworth Trust Grasmere alongside poet Jacob Polley
Poem and a Pint Ulverston alongside poet William Letford
Geraldine read at the launch of the new Dalton Litfest November 3rd/4th 2017, alongside poet Kim Moore. She and Kim are hosting a poetry evening and open mic night on Saturday 4th November 2017.
In 2018 she'll be reading at a variety of venues in the UK, including November 1st at Brantwood Coniston with Graham Mort, Helen Mort and Kerry Darbishire; Glasgow with Indigo Dreams Poets and Cinnamon Press Poets (30th June) - more will be added soon!
Her reading style has been described as engaging, lyrical, enthusiastic, Beat-like, jazzy and sensitive. Geraldine is passionate about engaging with an audience and enjoys the grass roots communality of sharing poetry both in live performances and online globally.
She's had the privilege of mentoring the poetry of young African writers through the British Council/Lancaster University Crossing Borders scheme; has worked collaboratively on projects alongside musicians, photographers, visual and digital artists, tutored on a variety of creative writing workshops including:
Equality Cumbria AWAZ
Cumbria Multi-Cultural Women's Network CMWN
Write on the Farm: a long-running series of monthly workshops on an upland farm near Kirkby Lonsdale. An anthology was printed by Harestone Press titled Write on the Farm celebrating the poetry of the group. Write on the Farm
Cumbria Wildlife Trust; Cumbria NHS Mental Health Trust; Penrith MIND; Society of Medical Writers; National Trust; Word Market, Apples and Snakes Cornwall ...
... Inter-generational workshops, Oxford Concert Party with poet Geraldine Green in the Eden Valley with ARne Richards and Isabel Knowland of the Oxford Concert Party
International Women's Arts Festival Kendal with US poets Carol Hamilton, Rhonda Ward and Janine Pommy Vega ...
Other workshops include:... Brantwood; Swarthmoor Hall; Suffolk Poetry Society; Bank Street Writers, Bolton; Walt Whitman Birthplace, Long Island; Cont. Ed. Lancaster; Adult Ed. Dallam Heversham, Cumbria; Cumbria Wildlife Trust; Grizedale Forest "Write in the Forest", Carte Blanche Writers, Newcastle and many more during her 15 years plus of tutoring, mentoring, editing and writing.
enjoying the surf! Long Island, NY, July 2014 (photo by Geoff Green, copyright)
She's taught and mentored creative writing undergraduates at the University of Cumbria and also Lancaster University.
Her work has been translated into German and Romanian. You can read more about this on the website Poetry PF: poetry pRO and poetry tREnD
In 2010 she gained a Doctorate in Creative Writing Poetry from Lancaster University titled "An Exploration of Identity and Environment through Poetry"; 2005 saw her awarded an MA (Distinction) in Creative Writing Poetry, also from Lancaster University.
She undertook a BA Hons. in Imaginative Writing/Literature, Life and Thought at Liverpool John Moores University 2000 and gained a First. In 2002 she achieved a Res. Dip. in Creative Writing titled "Landscape in the Poetry of Emily Bronte".
Geraldine became the first Writer-in-Residence at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria in 2014. As part of her residency she led a series of four creative writing workshops titled “In Search of the Sacred”, gave a talk on the work of Margaret Fell and George Fox, where she read from her pamphlet collection A Wing and A Prayer written in response to her residency and edited Living Words an anthology of writing by students on her 'In Search of the Sacred' workshops.
In 2015 she became the first writer-in-residence at Brantwood, Coniston, former home of John Ruskin. Her new collection Passing Through contains work written in response to her Brantwood residency. Geraldine has been co-tutoring residential courses at Brantwood for seven years. Guest tutors include: Penelope Shuttle, George Wallace, Pippa Little and Graham Mort. Geraldine hosts poetry evenings, open mic and supper in The Terrace cafe, Brantwood.
She also performed alongside Ulverston Saxophonist Jess Gillam at Brantwood in April 2016 and was instrumental in Steve Coogan appearing there at a fund-raising event in March 2016 for Cumbria Community Foundation Flood Recovery Appeal. Both events were sold out. Watershed, an anthology by Cumbrian writers, was published by Harestone Press to help raise money for the Fund. Co-editors: Nick Pemberton, Ann Wilson and Geraldine Green.
, From Kendal to Kansas, Albany to Albuquerque, Cornwall to Callander, Suffolk to Swansea, Liverpool to Long Island, New York to Newcastle, Carlisle to California, Oakland to Oklahoma, Orta Italy, Skiathos Greece and many points in between, Geraldine enjoys reading her work across the UK and beyond.
Sunday readings at the Parkside Lounge NYC, host George Wallace, July 2014
photo by Geoff Green
Festivals where she has read include:
Borderlines Carlisle
Callander Poetry, host Sally Evans Scotland
Dylan Thomas Birthplace Festival of Words 5 Cwmdonkin Drive Swansea
Live from Worktown Bolton
International Women's Art Festival Kendal
Ted Hughes Festival Hebden Bridge
Poetry on the Lake, Orta Italy
Skiathos Writing Retreat, Greece
Woody Guthrie Okemah Oklahoma
Walking with Whitman, Walt Whitman Birthplace Long Island NY with ML Liebler and Ed Stevers,
International Beat Poetry Festival Connecticut
Wordsworth Trust Grasmere alongside poet Jacob Polley
Poem and a Pint Ulverston alongside poet William Letford
Geraldine read at the launch of the new Dalton Litfest November 3rd/4th 2017, alongside poet Kim Moore. She and Kim are hosting a poetry evening and open mic night on Saturday 4th November 2017.
In 2018 she'll be reading at a variety of venues in the UK, including November 1st at Brantwood Coniston with Graham Mort, Helen Mort and Kerry Darbishire; Glasgow with Indigo Dreams Poets and Cinnamon Press Poets (30th June) - more will be added soon!
reading at The Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, Catskills, Upstate New York, host Bertha Rogers July 2014
Her reading style has been described as engaging, lyrical, enthusiastic, Beat-like, jazzy and sensitive. Geraldine is passionate about engaging with an audience and enjoys the grass roots communality of sharing poetry both in live performances and online globally.
She's had the privilege of mentoring the poetry of young African writers through the British Council/Lancaster University Crossing Borders scheme; has worked collaboratively on projects alongside musicians, photographers, visual and digital artists, tutored on a variety of creative writing workshops including:
Equality Cumbria AWAZ
Cumbria Multi-Cultural Women's Network CMWN
Write on the Farm: a long-running series of monthly workshops on an upland farm near Kirkby Lonsdale. An anthology was printed by Harestone Press titled Write on the Farm celebrating the poetry of the group. Write on the Farm
Cumbria Wildlife Trust; Cumbria NHS Mental Health Trust; Penrith MIND; Society of Medical Writers; National Trust; Word Market, Apples and Snakes Cornwall ...
... Inter-generational workshops, Oxford Concert Party with poet Geraldine Green in the Eden Valley with ARne Richards and Isabel Knowland of the Oxford Concert Party
International Women's Arts Festival Kendal with US poets Carol Hamilton, Rhonda Ward and Janine Pommy Vega ...
Other workshops include:... Brantwood; Swarthmoor Hall; Suffolk Poetry Society; Bank Street Writers, Bolton; Walt Whitman Birthplace, Long Island; Cont. Ed. Lancaster; Adult Ed. Dallam Heversham, Cumbria; Cumbria Wildlife Trust; Grizedale Forest "Write in the Forest", Carte Blanche Writers, Newcastle and many more during her 15 years plus of tutoring, mentoring, editing and writing.
enjoying the surf! Long Island, NY, July 2014 (photo by Geoff Green, copyright)
Her
collections are: The Skin and Passio {Flarestack}, Poems of a Mole Catcher’s Daughter (Palores); A Wing and a Prayer (Swarthmoor Hall Press); The Land Songs with poets Charles Johnson, Joan Poulson and Geraldine Green (Flarestack Pubs.)
She's also contributed to Writing Works - A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities (Jessica Kingsley) link here and articles for NAWE, National Association of Writers in Education, on her experience in graduate and postgraduate studies 'Hungry for it!' NAWE article
She's also contributed to Writing Works - A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities (Jessica Kingsley) link here and articles for NAWE, National Association of Writers in Education, on her experience in graduate and postgraduate studies 'Hungry for it!' NAWE article
The Other Side of the Bridge, published in July 2012
by Indigo Dreams, formed part of her PhD in Creative Writing: ‘An Exploration
of Identity and Environment through Poetry.’
Her second full, collection Salt Road, Salt Road is published by Indigo Dreams
Geraldine's third full collection, Passing Through, will be published in 2018 also by Indigo Dreams.
Her second full, collection Salt Road, Salt Road is published by Indigo Dreams
Geraldine's third full collection, Passing Through, will be published in 2018 also by Indigo Dreams.
Recipient of special commendation at the 2005 Poetry on the Lake Festival, Orta, Italy, her work has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including: Private Photo Review (Italy), The Long Islander and ZAUM (US), Orbis, Tears in the Fence, Southlight, FAL Poetry, Diamond Twig, Smoke, Obsessed with Pipework, Poetry Cornwall, Seventh Quarry, And Other Poets, The Poetry Shed, Qualia, InterlitQ, Jacket2, Citizen 32, Raindog, Neon Highway, Envoi, ORC, Poet's Letter Magazine, The Stare's Nest, Mediterranean Poetry and the Argotist Online (UK) and US online magazines, LitKicks, Mountain Voices, Out of Order and Cezanne’s Carrot.
Her long poem 'Bewcastle, Point to Point' was published in The Other Side of Sleep Arachne Press 2014, ed. Cherry Potts
The Other Side of Sleep
Her poetry has been widely anthologised in the UK, US and Italy and translated into German and Romanian. She was invited to a talk at the Lawrence Durrell Centenary Celebrations, Corfu and to present a Paper on ‘Ecopoetics: The Works of John Clare and Aldo Leopold’ in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the South West Popular Culture America
Her long poem 'Bewcastle, Point to Point' was published in The Other Side of Sleep Arachne Press 2014, ed. Cherry Potts
The Other Side of Sleep
An anthology of long poems
from several pages in length to almost epic proportions, this anthology
republishes Brian Johnstone's poem sequence Robinson (originally
published as a pamphlet in 2000). The long but by no means traditional poems,
by contemporary voices all tell a story, sometimes in a straightforward
purposeful way, sometimes in a roundabout oblique way, but always with a thread
of narrative woven through. Contributors include Angela France, Geraldine
Green, Inua Ellams and Kate Foley.
Her poetry has been widely anthologised in the UK, US and Italy and translated into German and Romanian. She was invited to a talk at the Lawrence Durrell Centenary Celebrations, Corfu and to present a Paper on ‘Ecopoetics: The Works of John Clare and Aldo Leopold’ in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the South West Popular Culture America
Geraldine delighted to be reading from "Salt Road" IDP Pubs., at Sip This Cafe, Long Island NY
4th August 2015
Geraldine reads by the Robert Burns statue, at Poets in the Park, Albany, Upstate New York,
July 2015 (photos by Geoff Green)
Geraldine, who frequently performs her poetry in North America, has read at a variety of venues with New York poet George Wallace, including the Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma Woody Fest on an extended poetry trip to Oklahoma and Kansas, July 2012; alongside Jack and Adele Foley, Michael McClure and other poets in Oakland, California 2009; the William Carlos Williams Center Rutherford New Jersey; Bright Hill Center Catskills Upstate NY; Gordon Parks Center Fort Scott Kansas; a variety of venues in and around New York City and many more!
Poetry Readings in the US: 2015 saw her celebrate ten years of poetry 'road trips' across America.
honoured to be reading at the William Carlos Williams Center Rutherford New Jersey 5th August 2015
Reading from 'The Other Side of the Bridge" by Indigo Dreams Pubs., Beat Festival with George Wallace, Wesleyan Bookstore Connecticut 14th August 2015
You can listen to Californian writer Jack Foley
read and discuss her work on Cover to Cover an interview with UK poet Geraldine Green, with Jack Foley read more about her Cumbrian dialect poems on Professor Jerome
Rothenberg’s website: Poems & Poetics, Jerome Rothenberg
Listen to Geraldine read at Cornucopia Cafe Readings, Long Island, New York
** 2018: creative writing workshops/courses already planned for Bolton, Cumbria, Yorkshire - plus venues where Geraldine will be reading from her new collection, Passing Through - updates soon! **
November 1st, 2018: Geraldine will be reading at Brantwood Poetry Evening
** Stop Press! Delighted to have a poem in Stone Renga an anthology written, produced and birthed by a love of stones, ed. by Alan Berecka and Tom Murphy **
November 1st, 2018: Geraldine will be reading at Brantwood Poetry Evening
** Stop Press! Delighted to have a poem in Stone Renga an anthology written, produced and birthed by a love of stones, ed. by Alan Berecka and Tom Murphy **
Stone Renga is published by Tale Feathers Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The first poem in the anthology is by Linda Hogan and the last by Floyd Salas I'm honoured to be in their company and that of 57 other wonderful poets.
Thrilled, too, to have a poem in:
Waymaking, an anthology of women's writing and art in response to nature and wild places, publication date: autumn 2018
and to have lines about freedom from one of my poems included in a Patchwork Poem for Freedom, chosen by Federation Writers Scotland, Makar Andy Jackson, alongside many fine poets. The poem will be read on National Poetry Day at GoMA Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Thursday 28th September 2017.
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