My Family and Other Superheroes
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My Family and Other Superheroes by Jonathan Edwards
This debut collection of poetry, My Family and Other Superheroes, by Jonathan Edwards, introduces us to a vibrant new voice from Wales.
Jonathan Edwards was born and brought up in Crosskeys, South Wales. He has an MA in Writing from the University of Warwick, has written speeches for the Welsh Assembly Government and journalism for The Big Issue Cymru, and worked as an English teacher. He won the Terry Hetherington Award in 2010, was awarded a Literature Wales new writer’s bursary in 2011, and in 2012 won prizes in the Cardiff International Poetry Competition and the Basil Bunting Award. His first collection of poems, My Family and Other Superheroes (Seren Books, 2014), was shortlisted for the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and won the Costa Prize for Poetry 2015. His second collection Gen (Seren Books, 2018) won the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award 2019.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781721629 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781721629 |
| Title | My Family and Other Superheroes |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Poetry Wales Press |
| Year published | 2014-02-10 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Costa Poetry Award 2014 |
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