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Janice Fixter was born in Kent and has lived in South East London ever since. She has a BA in psychology from London University (Goldsmiths College) and a MA in Creative Writing, the Arts and Education and a D.Phil. in Creative Writing (poetry) from Sussex University.

Janice has been writing poetry and non-fiction since 1994 and has been widely published. Her poems have been broadcast on Premier Radio, LBC and Radio 4 as well as various local radio stations. She has read her poetry at a number of venues including the Troubadour and the Poetry Cafe as well as taking part in the Oxfam 7 Poets for 2007 series.

Janice has also written numerous non-fiction articles and two books on parenting - The Parentalk Guide to being a Mum Hodder and Stoughton 2000, and How to Succeed as a Single Parent Hodder and Stoughton 2003 with Diane Louise Jordan. From 2001 to 2007 Janice was a trustee of Parentalk - a charity which aims to inspire parents. During this time she contributed regularly to radio and television programmes

In 1997 Poets Anonymous published her chapbook Walking Away From The Shadows and in 2005 her pamphlet Walking the Hawk was published by tall-lighthouse. Her first full collection a kind of slow motion was published by tall-lighthouse in July 2007. She is passionate about birds, bats and orchids.

September 18th, 2006

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Janice’s poetry collection
a kind of slow motion
is available from tall-lighthouse
www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk price £7
ISBN 978-1-904551-30-0

Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku
published by Snapshot Press price £15.99
Hardback: 320 pages
ISBN 978-1-903543-24-5

September 16th, 2006

July

Clean Sheets

They absorb the mare’s tail sky
with its flecks of swifts
and its echo of parched earth.

At dusk, when the moths wake,
I will un-peg July
and stretch it across our bed.

I will cover ageing pillows
with wrinkled skins
and smooth out the sun’s creases.

While we sleep
the first signs of seeds taking root
will go unnoticed

and in the morning
we will search for each other again
amongst the brittle stems and buttercups.

September 1st, 2006


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