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John Agard
Presented by: Portsmouth BookFest| 0 | PORTSMOUTH: Central Library |
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| P | Saturday 2nd March, 2024 |
| N | 7:00pm |
Event information
Paul Hamlyn Award for Poetry (1997)
Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry (2012)
BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)
John Agard is a poet, playwright and short story writer who grew up in Guyana, where his love of language stemmed from listening to cricket commentaries on the radio. He has won many prizes, including the Smarties Book Prize and the Queen’s Gold Medal and in 2021 was awarded the prestigious BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award for an outstanding contribution to children’s literature. John is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and his work appears in an AQA anthology for GCSE English Literature. With his partner Grace Nichols, John has edited the Walker anthologies A Caribbean Dozen and Under the Moon and Over the Sea, and he is the author of the Carnegie-longlisted My Name Is Book. John lives in Lewes, East Sussex.
This event is in association with Renaissance One
Venue information
PORTSMOUTH: Central Library| 0 | Guildhall Square Portsmouth Hampshire PO1 2DX |
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| > | librariesandarchives.portsmouth.gov.uk |
| ! | 02392819311 |
| ` | Event is on the third floor - lift access |
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