Sylvia Hikins

Sylvia Hikins, born in London, England is a Liverpool, England poet, publisher, painter and broadcaster. Hikins was a winner of the Waterstone's Poetry Prize. She has appeared in British poetry circuits such as the Edinburgh Fringe. The poem Journey to the Edge, was written by Hikin after driving a truck to former Yugoslavia with Women's Aid for Peace in the midst of a war in that country. Sylvia Hikin was presenter of First Friday on BBC Radio Merseyside, she co-judged and edited the 800 line Liverpool Saga sponsored by Phil Redmond and the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo in celebration of the 800th year of Liverpool's Charter. Formerly editor of Poetry Merseyside, she has twn poetry books published to date, the most recent being 'Journeys' (Sept 2010).