Stewart Henderson (poet)
Stewart Henderson is a British poet and broadcaster. He writes for both adults and children. The Church Times has said of him: 'What Michael Morpurgo has done for children's fiction, Henderson has done for poetry'.[1]
Work[]
Henderson's poetry, which is often humorous, sometimes adopts the perspective of a child struggling to understand more about their place in the universe.[2] His work has been anthologized and adopted as curriculum in primary schools in the UK and Scotland. He was shortlisted for the for Who Left Grandad at the Chipshop?[3]
Since 2006, Henderson has been the host of BBC Radio 4's .[4] He was instrumental in the production of From Hairnets To Goalnets,[5] a documentary on Britain’s first women’s football team. Other programmes he has worked on include Poetry in Politics, the educational series Wide Awake At Bedtime,[6] and The Holy Fire[7] which was shot on location in Israel and won the for Best Feature in 2006.
Henderson is also a songwriter, working and occasionally performing with Martyn Joseph.[4]
Biography[]
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/saturdaylive/2006/12/stewart_henderson.html
- http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/contributors/stewart-henderson/
- http://lion.eden.co.uk/authordetail.php?author_id=22
References[]
- ^ The Church Times - June 2012
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Authors-2014_15.pdf
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Sony Radio Awards 2003: Winners". 8 May 2003.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Wide Awake at Bedtime - Episode guide".
- ^ "BBC Programme Index".
- English male poets
- Living people