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Sarah James
Biography
Sarah James/S.A. Leavesley is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, journalist and photographer.
Overton Poetry Prize winner 2015, she is author of four poetry collections, three poetry pamphlets, a touring poetry-play and two novellas.
Her poetry has won or been shortlisted for many prizes, with individual poems published by the Financial Times, the Guardian, The Forward Book of Poetry 2016, on Worcestershire buses and in the Blackpool Illuminations.
Sarah’s other work includes editing, mentoring, facilitating workshops, commissions, residencies and festival readings. Her poetry has featured on the BBC, in poetryfilms and on radio.
She is also a published essay and CNF writer, and longlisted for the memoir prize in the New Welsh Writing Awards 2017.
Her website is at www.sarah-james.co.uk and she runs V. Press, a poetry and flash imprint shortlisted in The Michael Marks Publishers’ Award 2017 (http://vpresspoetry.blogspot.co.uk).
Recordings
- 'Snatches of the Rivers and Moor'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.from plenty-fish (Nine Arches Press, 2015), second prize in the Hope Bourne Poetry Competition 2012 and first published in the Exmoor Review
- 'Looking Back In Fragments'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.from plenty-fish (Nine Arches Press, 2015)
- 'repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation rTMS'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.from The Magnetic Diaries (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2015)
- 'Urban Myths'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.from The Magnetic Diaries (poetry-play version)
- 'foundling'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.first published on The Lost & Found Museum, August 2015
- 'Road Tripping /Remixing Life's Playlist/In The Gaps'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.from Yesterday's Music Today (anthology, Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2015)
- 'Home-Remedy for a Broken Heart'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.from Be[yond] (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2013), first published on Ink, Sweat and Tears
- 'd'or - of/from gold echoes'
Sorry, this recording cannot be found.from Be[yond] (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2013)
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Bibliography
Books:
- Always Another Twist (as Sarah Leavesley) (Mantle Lane Press, 2018), novella
- How to Grow Matches (as S.A. Leavesley) (Against The Grain Press, 2018), poetry pamphlet
- Kaleidoscope (as Sarah Leavesley) (Mantle Lane Press, 2017), novella
- Lampshades and Glass Rivers (as S.A. Leavesley) (Loughborough: Lamplight Press, 2016), poetry pamphlet. Winner of the Overton Poetry Prize 2015
- Plenty-Fish (Nine Arches Press, 2015), poetry collection. Shortlisted in International Rubery Book Awards 2016
- The Magnetic Diaries (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2015), poetry collection. Highly commended in Forward Prizes. Poetry-play version toured by Reaction Theatre Makers and a Highly Recommended Show’ at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016.
- Hearth, with Angela Topping (Mother's Milk Books, 2015). A Poetry Book Society Autumn Pamphlet
- Be[Yond] (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2013)
- Into the Yell (Circaidy Gregory Press, 2010). Third prize in multi-genre International Rubery Book Awards 2011
Reviews
Review and endorsements for Sarah’s various books can be found under the individual titles on her website. Her poetry titles are listed at http://www.sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=86, then click on the link to the book.
- 'Looking Back In Fragments'