| Write to Be Counted: Poems to Uphold Human Rights Contributor(s): Bulman, Jacci (Editor), Jackson, Nicola (Editor), Jones, Kathleen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0993204554 ISBN-13: 9780993204555 Publisher: Book Mill OUR PRICE: $10.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.32 lbs) 118 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Never, since World War II, have core values and human rights seemed more under threat. The future of the planet, and the people who live on it, in social, economic and environmental terms, seems genuinely at risk. Vulnerable people all over the world have seen their lives disrupted by war and extreme climate events. What can we do as writers? All the poets in this anthology, from Lebanon to Cambodia, North America, Australasia and across Europe, have put words on paper in order to be counted, to support human rights, including the right to live on a planet that is fit for habitation. All the profits will be donated to PEN, the international organisation which supports freedom of speech all over the world, to protect those who speak truth to power. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bulman, Jacci: - Jacci Bulman studied 'Human Sciences' at Oxford University, before becoming a poet. She runs poetry events in Cumbria, raising funds for human welfare charities. She has been published in a number of anthologies and her first full poetry collection is 'A Whole Day Through From Waking' was published by Cinnamon Press in 2016.Jackson, Nicola: - Nicola Jackson was one of the first women to be admitted to Clare College, Cambridge, to study Natural Sciences. An Oxford Doctorate followed. After a career in research and education she left to study for an MA in Writing Poetry with Newcastle University and the Poetry School in London. She divides her time between London and Cumbria. Her poetry has been published in a number of newspapers and journals, was Commended in the 2016 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, and won First Prize in the 2016 National Poetry Day 'Message to the Planet' competition.Jones, Kathleen: - "Kathleen Jones is an award-winning poet, writer and broadcaster - author of eight biographies, two novels and four collections of poetry as well as an extensive array of journalism. She lives in Cumbria where she runs creative writing workshops and is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow." |