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John Brown, As the Crow Flies, Lagan Press, 2003. Courtesy Amazon.com.

John Brown, As the Crow Flies, Lagan Press, 2003. Courtesy Amazon.com.

John Brown (born 1961) is an Irish poet and editor.

Life[]

Youth and education[]

Brown was born in co. Derry in 1961.[1]

He studied English literature at Bristol University and Scottish literature at Edinburgh University.[1]

Career[]

In the 1980s he edited a literary magazine, Gown Literary Supplement, in Belfast. He writes articles on poetry and visual art for journals and magazines both within and beyond Ireland.[1]

For several years he was a Literature Officer with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.[1]

He is writer-in-residence at Magilligan Prison.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • As the Crow Flies. Belfast: Lagan Press, 2003.

Non-fiction[]

  • Rough Water, Well Water: Memoirs from Derry & the north-west. Londonderry: Verbal Arts Centre, 2004.

Edited[]

  • In the Chair: Interviews with poets from the north of Ireland. Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland: Salmon, 2002.
  • Matthew Ewart, A Feather on a Finger: Selected poems. Limavady, Co. Derry: Books Upstairs / Londonderry: Verbal Arts Centre, 2004.
  • Magnetic North: The emerging poets. Londonderry: Verbal Arts Centre / Belfast: Lagan Press, 2006.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 As the Crow Flies, Lagan Press. Web, Jan. 18, 2017.
  2. Search results = au:John Brown, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Jan. 18, 2017.

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