Brian Moses lives in the village of Etchingham with his wife Anne,
a loopy labrador called Honey and a collection of bad-tempered
chickens.
He first worked as a teacher but has now been a professional
children's poet since 1988. To date he has over 200 books published
including volumes of his own poetry such as Holding the Hands of
Angels (Salt) and Behind the Staffroom Door (Macmillan),
anthologies such as The Secret Lives of Teachers and Aliens Stole
My Underpants (both Macmillan), picture books such as Beetle in the
Bathroom and Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe (both Puffin) and
non-fiction titles such as Titanic: Lost & Saved (Wayland). Over 1
million copies of Brian's poetry books have now been sold by
Macmillan and in 2005 he was nominated for both the CLPE Award and
the Spoken Word Award.
Brian also visits schools to run writing workshops and perform his
own poetry and percussion shows. To date he has visited well over
2500 schools and libraries throughout the UK. He has made several
appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, been writer in residence at
Castle Cornet on Guernsey, on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light
Railway and at RAF schools in Cyprus. Recently he has visited
several International schools in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium,
Italy, Spain, France and Ireland.
He has performed his poetry at Borders on Second Avenue, New York
and in September 2006 he was invited to Iceland to take part in
'Kids in the Marsh' - a festival of children's poetry and song. At
the request of Prince Charles he spoke at the Prince's Summer
School for Teachers in 2007 at Cambridge University. He is one of
ten children's poets invited by then Poet Laureate Andrew Motion to
feature on the National Poetry Archive.
Favourite book: 'Turtle Diary' by Russell Hoban.
Favourite Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Favourite Music: Bob Dylan
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