Grace Nichols

Here are some links to great videos.

www.youtube.com/reVerse2bfree

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRrYhpiYzaU

Enjoy.

I am a great lover of new poets and writers and here are a few links to my favourites:

www.john--agard.co.uk

www.georgewinston.com

www.myspace.com/harrymowlee

www.myspace.com/lesley-nichols

These are just a few of the many favourites, check them out.

I am holding a writer's competition for 18-30 year olds, and the task is to write a childrens poem, which the theme, 'Out Of This World.'

Send your entries to, grace_nichols@yahoo.com, and the deadline is August 2nd, 2008.

GOOD LUCK!

I will be doing various books signings, and readings on the following dates...

Friday 13th June, London, Leicster Square - Book Signing in HMV.

Saturday 14th June, Brighton Beach Cafe - Book/Poem Reading.

Monday 16th June, Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital - Childrens Book Reading.

Thursday 19th June, Cornwall 'Poets Corner Club' Opening - Readings etc.

Saturday 20th June, Paul O'Grady Show - Interview and Chat.

If you would like to contact me for any upcoming events you would be interest in booking me for, please contact on, grace_nichols@yahoo.com, or contact my agent, Doreen Whitner on 01232 876432, Thanks.

I believe in solemn peace in the world, which is why I support this charity, the Barbados Childrens Trust, and 5% of the profits from my books goes to support the charity.

http://www.definitivecaribbean.com/Charity/TheBarbadosChildrensTrust.aspx

Donate today!

These are pieces of my well known work avaliable to buy from www.waterstones.co.uk, www.amazon.co.uk, www.ebay.co.uk, www.play.com and various other shops.

Trust You, Wriggly Hodder & Stoughton, 1981
Baby Fish and other Stories Published privately, 1983
I is a Long-Memoried Woman Caribbean Cultural International, 1983
Leslyn in London Hodder & Stoughton, 1984
The Fat Black Woman's Poems Virago, 1984
A Dangerous Knowing: Four Black Women Poets (Barbara Burford, Gabriela Pearse, Grace Nichols, Jackie Kay) Sheba, 1985
The Discovery Macmillan, 1986
Whole of a Morning Sky Virago, 1986
Black Poetry (editor) Blackie, 1988
Come on into My Tropical Garden A. & C. Black, 1988
Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman Virago, 1989
Poetry Jump Up (editor) Penguin, 1990
Can I Buy a Slice of Sky?: Poems from Black, Asian and American Indian Cultures (editor) Blackie, 1991
No Hickory, No Dickory, No Dock: A Collection of Caribbean Nursery Rhymes (with John Agard) Viking, 1991
Quartet of Poems (contributor) Addison Wesley Longman, 1993
A Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets (editor with John Agard) Walker Books, 1994
Give Yourself a Hug A. & C. Black, 1994
Penguin Modern Poets Volume 8 (Jackie Kay, Merle Collins and Grace Nichols) Penguin, 1996
Sunris Virago, 1996
Asana and the Animals: A Book of Pet Poems Walker Books, 1997
We Couldn't Provide Fish Thumbs (contributor) Pan, 1997
The Poet Cat Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2000
From Mouth to Mouth (editor with John Agard; illustrated by Annabel Wright) Walker Books, 2004
Paint Me A Poem: New Poems Inspired by Art in the Tate A. & C. Black, 2004
Everybody Got a Gift A. & C. Black, 2005
Startling the Flying Fish Virago, 2006

My name is Grace Nichols, and i am 58 years old. I enjoy writing multi-cultural poems and was originally born in Georgetown, Guyana.
My love for the Caribbean inspired me to write many different poems, my favourite poem of all is 'Island Man' because the contrast is between busy England and calm Guyana.
When I lived in Guyana I was a teacher and journalist until I moved to Britain in 1977, when I began writing my poems.
I am married to John Agard and we live by Brighton and have two beautiful daughters called Kalera & Lesley; and Lesley also writes.