Local poet Chrissie Gittins has contributed to our sixth blog linked to Lewisham Voices Facebook video posts.
In this weekly series, the stories, memories, poems and writing from people who lived, worked or wrote about the area of Lewisham are read by others with Lewisham connections.
Enjoy Lewisham Voices.
Watch the video by Andrew Mohammed
Chrissie reads two poems for Lewisham Voices, recorded during the lockdown in May 2020, 'Government Health Warning' a children's poem, from the collection Stars in Jars, and one for adults from Sharp Hills, inspired by a music event at the Horniman Museum - The Dilruba player and the boy.
Chrissie Gittins lives in Forest Hill in the Borough of Lewisham. She studied at Newcastle University and St Martin’s School of Art, and worked as an artist and a teacher before becoming a freelance poet/writer. She writes poetry, radio drama, short stories, and poetry for children. In 2010 she was appointed as the first honorary Writer-in-Residence in Lewisham and wrote a short story called ‘Family Connections’ which was based on a woman who lived at the old Forest Hill Swimming Pool in her youth. This was read on BBCR4 by Penelope Wilton and became part of my first short story collection called ‘Family Connections'.
Her adult poetry collections are Armature (2003), I'll Dress One Night As You (2009) and Sharp Hills (2019). Her children’s poetry collections are Now You See Me, Now You... (2002) I Don’t Want an Avocado for an Uncle (2006), The Humpback’s Wail (2010), Stars in Jars (2014) and Adder, Bluebell, Lobster (2016). Her children’s collections have been shortlisted for the CLPE Award, Poetry Book Society Choices, animated for Cbeebies TV and are widely anthologized.
She has read her work at many festivals including Edinburgh, StAnza, Aldeburgh, Hay, West Cork, Wigtown and Ilkley, the Royal Festival Hall, London and in New York.
www.chrissiegittins.co.uk
Chrissie Gittins lives in Forest Hill in the Borough of Lewisham. She studied at Newcastle University and St Martin’s School of Art, and worked as an artist and a teacher before becoming a freelance poet/writer. She writes poetry, radio drama, short stories, and poetry for children. In 2010 she was appointed as the first honorary Writer-in-Residence in Lewisham and wrote a short story called ‘Family Connections’ which was based on a woman who lived at the old Forest Hill Swimming Pool in her youth. This was read on BBCR4 by Penelope Wilton and became part of my first short story collection called ‘Family Connections'.
Her adult poetry collections are Armature (2003), I'll Dress One Night As You (2009) and Sharp Hills (2019). Her children’s poetry collections are Now You See Me, Now You... (2002) I Don’t Want an Avocado for an Uncle (2006), The Humpback’s Wail (2010), Stars in Jars (2014) and Adder, Bluebell, Lobster (2016). Her children’s collections have been shortlisted for the CLPE Award, Poetry Book Society Choices, animated for Cbeebies TV and are widely anthologized.
She has read her work at many festivals including Edinburgh, StAnza, Aldeburgh, Hay, West Cork, Wigtown and Ilkley, the Royal Festival Hall, London and in New York.
www.chrissiegittins.co.uk
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| Dilruba - a stringed instrument from Indian subcontinent |
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