Beda Higgins
Beda Higgins is a poet and writer living in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Biography[]
Beda Higgins is an Anglo-Irish writer from Lancashire who lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, where she works as a Psychiatric and General Nurse. She completed a masters in creative writing from Northumbria University in 2000. In her career as a nurse she has been awarded the Queen's Nursing Institute Awards for her work using creative writing with patients. She is also a poet and short story writer who has won the Northern Writers' Awards on multiple occasions as well as the Geoff Stevens Memorial Prize.[1][2] Her work is published in anthologies as well as two collections of short stories. In 2021 her work was shortlisted for the Pigott Poetry Prize. [3][4][5][6][7]
Selected works[]
- Little Crackers (2014)
- Chameleon (Iron Press, 2011)
- Book of Ten (Zebra Publishing, 2010)
- The Grist Anthology of New Writing (Grist, 2009)
- The Poetry Cure (Bloodaxe Books, 2005)
Sources[]
- ^ "Beda Higgins". Northern Writers Awards.
- ^ "Beda Higgins and Jane Lovell win Geoff Stevens Memorial Prize – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk.
- ^ Crowley, Sinéad (14 April 2021). "Trio of Irish poets shortlisted for Pigott prize".
- ^ "Beda Higgins". Inpress Books.
- ^ "Listowel Writers' Week : Literary Festival". Listowel Writers' Week Literary Festival.
- ^ "Eight local authors unveiled as Read Regional 2011 campaign launches at Hexham". New Writing North. 7 May 2011.
- ^ Hodgson, Barbara (7 November 2014). "Newcastle nurse's new novel helps fight the stigma of mental health". ChronicleLive.
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