Jane Holland
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Jane Holland is an award-winning English poet, performer and novelist whose poems have been widely published in magazines and broadcast on the radio. She won an Eric Gregory Award
from the Society of Authors
for her poetry in 1996. Her sister is the novelist, actress and singer Sarah Holland
.
, Essex
, England
. The daughter of the romantic novelist Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland (Charlotte Lamb
) and the classical biographer and ex-Times
journalist Richard Holland, she runs a blog about her mother's books http://www.charlottelamb.blogspot.com. She moved with her parents to the Isle of Man
in 1977, where she lived for 23 years. She has four siblings: the novelist, actress and singer Sarah Holland
, Charlotte, Michael and David.
She edited the small poetry magazine 'Blade' from 1995–1999, and published her first full-length collection of poetry in 1997, The Brief History of a Disreputable Woman, with Bloodaxe Books, followed in 1999 by a first novel, Kissing the Pink, with Sceptre. She was also one of five young Bloodaxe poets who performed on the New Blood UK Tour of 1997; the other poets involved were Roddy Lumsden
, Julia Copus
, Tracey Herd and Eleanor Brown.
Jane Holland was the Warwick Poet Laureate for 2008. She founded the Poets On Fire website and forum, and was also a prominent member of the Birmingham-based performance poetry and spoken word group New October Poets in 2006, when she was named one of the top poetry performers in the West Midlands under the 'Six of the Best' scheme. Jane Holland was Editor-in-Chief of the online arts magazine Horizon Review (Salt Publishing) from 2008 - 2010, and a commissioning editor at Embrace Books from 2010 - 2011.
Holland's first collection was in the mainstream British tradition, generally as a 'nature' poet rather than an urban stylist, citing Ted Hughes
as a major early influence. Recent work includes a long narrative poem sequence written in the voice of Boudicca and a translation of the Anglo-Saxon
poem, The Wanderer
.
Boudicca & Co. Salt Publishing
was published in 2006. A new collection Camper Van Blues was published by Salt in 2008. Two poetry pamphlets were also published in 2008: The Lament of the Wanderer [Heaventree Press], a new translation of the eponymous Anglo-Saxon poem, and On Warwick [Nine Arches Press] a collection of poems written during her year as Warwick Poet Laureate, including the long experimental poem 'On Warwick Castle'.
Eric Gregory Award
The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission. The awards are up to a sum value of £24000 annually....
from the Society of Authors
Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is a trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of writers and fight to retain those rights .It has counted amongst its members and presidents numerous notable writers and poets including Tennyson The Society of Authors (UK) is a...
for her poetry in 1996. Her sister is the novelist, actress and singer Sarah Holland
Sarah Holland
Sarah Holland is a writer, actress and singer best known for her 22 romantic novels for Harlequin which have been published in over 130 countries, selling millions of copies worldwide...
.
Biography
Jane Holland was born on November 1966 at IlfordIlford
Ilford is a large cosmopolitan town in East London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It forms a significant commercial and retail...
, Essex
Essex
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, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The daughter of the romantic novelist Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland (Charlotte Lamb
Charlotte Lamb
Sheila Holland, née Sheila Ann Mary Coates was best known as the pseudonym Charlotte Lamb, a prolific and bestselling romantic novelist...
) and the classical biographer and ex-Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
journalist Richard Holland, she runs a blog about her mother's books http://www.charlottelamb.blogspot.com. She moved with her parents to the Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
in 1977, where she lived for 23 years. She has four siblings: the novelist, actress and singer Sarah Holland
Sarah Holland
Sarah Holland is a writer, actress and singer best known for her 22 romantic novels for Harlequin which have been published in over 130 countries, selling millions of copies worldwide...
, Charlotte, Michael and David.
She edited the small poetry magazine 'Blade' from 1995–1999, and published her first full-length collection of poetry in 1997, The Brief History of a Disreputable Woman, with Bloodaxe Books, followed in 1999 by a first novel, Kissing the Pink, with Sceptre. She was also one of five young Bloodaxe poets who performed on the New Blood UK Tour of 1997; the other poets involved were Roddy Lumsden
Roddy Lumsden
Roddy Lumsden is a Scottish poet, who was born in St Andrews. He has published five collections of poetry, a number of chapbooks and a collection of trivia, as well as editing a generational anthology of British and Irish poets of the 1990s and 2000s, Identity Parade, among other...
, Julia Copus
Julia Copus
Julia Copus is a British poet and radio dramatist.-Career:Copus' books of poetry include The Shuttered Eye , which won her an Eric Gregory Award and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and In Defence of Adultery...
, Tracey Herd and Eleanor Brown.
Jane Holland was the Warwick Poet Laureate for 2008. She founded the Poets On Fire website and forum, and was also a prominent member of the Birmingham-based performance poetry and spoken word group New October Poets in 2006, when she was named one of the top poetry performers in the West Midlands under the 'Six of the Best' scheme. Jane Holland was Editor-in-Chief of the online arts magazine Horizon Review (Salt Publishing) from 2008 - 2010, and a commissioning editor at Embrace Books from 2010 - 2011.
Holland's first collection was in the mainstream British tradition, generally as a 'nature' poet rather than an urban stylist, citing Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
Edward James Hughes OM , more commonly known as Ted Hughes, was an English poet and children's writer. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death.Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 until...
as a major early influence. Recent work includes a long narrative poem sequence written in the voice of Boudicca and a translation of the Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
poem, The Wanderer
The Wanderer (poem)
The Wanderer is an Old English poem preserved only in an anthology known as the Exeter Book, a manuscript dating from the late 10th century. It counts 115 lines of alliterative verse...
.
Boudicca & Co. Salt Publishing
Salt Publishing
Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
was published in 2006. A new collection Camper Van Blues was published by Salt in 2008. Two poetry pamphlets were also published in 2008: The Lament of the Wanderer [Heaventree Press], a new translation of the eponymous Anglo-Saxon poem, and On Warwick [Nine Arches Press] a collection of poems written during her year as Warwick Poet Laureate, including the long experimental poem 'On Warwick Castle'.
Works
- The Brief History of a Disreputable Woman (1997)
- Kissing the Pink (1999)
- Boudicca & Co. (2006)
- Camper Van Blues (2008)
- The Lament of the Wanderer (2008)
- On Warwick (2008)