About
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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 an 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 various local radio stations, Premier Radio, LBC and Radio 4 and she has read her poetry at a number of venues - some which were great and others which were decidedly smoky and strange.
Janice also writes non-fiction articles on parenting. She has written two books “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. She regularly contributes to radio programmes and has been seen once or twice on the BBC. Since 2001 she has been a trustee of “Parentalk” - a charity which aims to inspire parents.
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. She is currently working on a full collection to be published in 2007.