JOHN LYONS
Windrush Award Winner, Arts Achiever of the Year 2003

Co-Founder and Trustee: Hourglass Educational Arts Development Services: HEADS

Professional membership:
      The Poetry Society
      The Peterloo Poets
      Poetry Library
      National Association of Writers in Education
      The Society of Authors


Professional positions:
      2002 - External Examiner M.Phil, Anglia Polytechnic University
      2000 - Adjudicator Co-operative Insurance Christmas card competition
      1998 - Adjudicator Conwy Festival Poetry Competition.
      1996 - Member of the Board of Directors, Signature Book Presentation Ltd.
      1994 - Member of Management Committee for the Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank.
      1994 - Review writer for SCRIPT the Poetry Society Critical Service
      1992 - Adjudicator for the Lancaster Festival Poetry Competition.
      1991/8 - Part-time tutor for creative writing Combined Studies
            BA Hons , Bolton Inst. of Higher Education.
      1991 - Adjudicator, Southern Arts Poetry Prize.
      1989 - Co-editor, Northern Poetry, Littlewood Press.


Poetry readings:
One hundred and thirty readings since 1985. The following is a small selection:

      2004 - West Indian Centre, Manchester
      2003 - Square Chapel, Halifax, West Yorkshire
      2003 - Pennine Ink, Todmorden , West Yorkshire
      2002 - Owl Book Shop, London: Launch: Moving Voices
      2002 - Launch of new book: Hourglass Studio Gallery
      2002 - Todmorden Pennine Ink: Poetry Reading
      2002 - Manchester Central Library: Commonwealth Programme
      2002 - The Albert Poets, Huddersfield
      2001 - West Indian Centre, Manchester
      2001 - BBC Greater Manchester Radio
      2001 - Java Lounge, Hebden Bridge
      2000 - Theatre Ardudwy, Harlech
      2000 - Contact Theatre, Manchester
      1999 - Project One o One
      1998 - Linton Court Gallery
      1997 - Ty Newydd, Wales
      1997 - Southport Art Centre
      1997 - Wrexham Art Centre
      1996 - King of Hearts, Norwich
      1995 - Aldeburgh Festival
      1995 - Llangollen Library, Wales
      1994 - Poets Give a Hand, The Royal Horticultural Hall, London
      1994 - Manchester Poetry Festival
      1994 - Cuirt Festival of Literature, Galway, Rep. of Ireland
      1994 - Out of The Margins, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank
      1993 - Wincham Hall, Northwich
      1992 - The Lancaster Festival
      1991 - Royal Court Theatre, London
      1991 - Ty Newydd Centre, Wales
      1990 - International Festival of Writing, Glasgow


Residences and workshops:
One hundred and forty workshops/residencies from 1986. The following is a small selection:

      2005 - Sable / Arvon Poetry Master Class, Totleigh Barton, Devon.
      2003 - The Big Book Project, Hereford Primary & Junior schools
      2002 - Todmorden High School: Creative writing workshops
      2002 - Institute of Education, London
      2001 - Stretford High School, Manchester
      2000 - Tate Gallery, Liverpool
      2000 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, Hebden Bridge
      1998 - Artranspennine 98, Tate Liverpool and Storey Institute Gallery, Lancaster.
      1998 - 'Heart', Oldham Art Gallery.
      1998 - Art Under The Microscope. Creative writing and visual art workshop, Storey Inst. Gallery Lancaster.
      1998 - Bryn Collen Primary, LLangollen
      1998 - TyNewydd (Welsh Arts Council Writing Centre)
      1998 - Millane Primary School, Oxford.
      1997 - Ty Newydd (Welsh Arts Council Writing Centre)
      1997 - The Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank. A Course for writers of Caribbean, African and Asian origin.
      1997 - Fallibroome High School
      1997 - Manchester University, with post graduate students.
      1996 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, poetry writing.
      1995 - Feb-July: Writer in Residence, The Dee valley, Wales.
      1995 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, poetry writing.
      1994 - Writer in Residence, Rawthorpe Infants and Junior Schools, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
      1994 - Arvon tutor at Lumb Bank, poetry writing.
      1994 - Metropolitan University, Crew and Alsager campus.
      1993 - Poets in Schools with the IRIE DANCE CO. The Blackie, Liverpool.


Publications: Twenty-two publications from 1987. They include works published in anthologies, magazines and three full collections.
The following is a selection:

      2002 - Moving Voices
                Hansib Publications
      2002 - Voices from a Silk Cotton Tree, full collection
                Smith Doorstop Books
      2001 - Poems Then and Now, compiled by Fiona Waters
                Evans Bros Ltd
      2001 - On a Camel To The Moon, compiled by Valerie Bloom
                Belitha Press
      2000 - IC3 Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain
                Hamish Hamilton
      2000 - Hello New, an anthology of poems for children
                Smith/Doorstop
      1994 - A Caribbean Dozen, an anthology of poems for children
                Walker Books
      1994 - Behind The Carnival full collection
                Smith / Doorstop Books
      1991 - The Sun Rises in The North, a collection of four poets
                Smith/Doorstop Books
      1989 - Lure of The Cascadura full collection
                Bogle L'Ouverture Publications Ltd.