GBP500 a Line and Other Poems by Liz Bentley

GBP500 a Line and Other Poems by Liz Bentley

500 a line is a poetry book. The title of the book is a tongue-in-cheek response to the pressure of wining a 5000 writing commission from Shape (disability arts) as part of the Cultural Olympiad. The original ten-line poem 'Comfortably' was the starting point of the work. Liz performed the final piece at the Southbank in July 2009 as part of the London Literature Festival. The poems are about her experiences from winning the commission to its performance one year later. Themes of the work include her job as a therapist, being in therapy, relationships, separation, bereavement and having multiple sclerosis.

Other poems are work that she has been performing on the UK poetry/comedy/literature circuit for the last 6 years since her last book Tales in the Deep End published by Eatlatinanddie books in 2004.

Refreshingly off the wall Liz is such an effortless writer very very funny priceless more constructive criticism of CBT please Southbank audience

Like a female Ivor Cutler A peculiar cross between Tracey Emin and Josie Long She's a good swimmer The Scotsman

James Glaisher (1809-1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer who worked at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich for forty-three years. He was a founding member of the Meteorological Society and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. He is most famous as a pioneering balloonist and his ascent on 5th September 1862 along with Henry Tracey Coxwell broke the world record for altitude.

Introduction by Professor Liz Bentley, Chief Executive at the Royal Meteorological Society, of which Glaisher was a founding member in 1850. She also heads theWeather Club, the public outreach arm of the Royal Meteorological Society, dedicated to helping people understand the weather and its role in our lives and in the life of the planet.

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ISBN 13	9781849913317
ISBN 10	1849913315
Title	GBP500 a Line and Other Poems
Author	Liz Bentley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Chipmunkapublishing
Year published	2010-10-19
Number of pages	104
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.