Writing 2: Storylines

written byGraham Mort

With contributions by:• Kathy Page • Toby Forward • Dorothy Nimmo• Ailsa Cox • Christopher Sykes • Helen Dunmore• Gillian Brightmore • Mary Scott • Elizabeth North

About the author

Graham Mort has published five books of poetry and has won a number of awards and prizes for his work. He also writes short fiction which has beenpublished and broadcast on BBC radio; he is a regular reviewer for a numberof literary magazines.Trained as a teacher, he has worked in prisons, psychiatric hospitals, schools,colleges and special schools. Since becoming a freelance writer, editor andtutor in 1985 he has worked on many creative writing and combined artsprojects throughout the UK. Locations for these projects have been as diverseas the South Bank Centre and the Outer Hebrides. He is a regular tutor for theArvon Foundation and also for the Taliesin Trust at Ty Newydd.In 1982 Graham founded the poetry magazine and press 'Giant Steps' whichhe edited for a number of years. He has worked as a fiction editor on theYorkshire Art Circus 'Springboard' series and as a consultant on Hodder &Stoughton's 'Teach Yourself' books on creative writing. The creative writingcourses and manuals which Graham has written for OCA are drawn frommany years experience as a writer and teacher of creative writing.