ABOUT THE AUTHORS
 Mandy Coe's poetry has won a number of awards and has been featured on BBC radio and television. Her first collection was Pinning the Tail on the Donkey, her second is The Weight of Cows (2004); both collections contain poems selected for the Forward book of poetry. Her poetry for children is anthologised by Bloomsbury, Oxford University Press, Hodder Wayland and Pearson Education.
Mandy delivers consultancy on writing in education projects, drawing on her extensive experience of working with young people in galleries, museums and schools. A member of the Poetry Society's poetryclass team, she delivers INSET sessions for teachers. With literaturetraining she mentors writers who wish to work in schools, and delivers the training module: 'A Writer's Toolkit for the Classroom'. Recent projects include one of the five model residencies for 'Writing Together', and a family learning project for Poetry International at the Royal Festival Hall.
 Jean Sprackland's first collection of poems, Tattoos for Mothers Day, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize 1999. Her second, Hard Water, is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for both the T S Eliot Prize and the Whitbread Book Awards 2004. Her poetry for children appears in anthologies published by Hodder Wayland, Evans and Bloomsbury.
Jean delivers training and consultancy to organisations including the Poetry Archive, the Poetry Society and NAWE. For the Poetry Society she set up and managed poetryclass, a national initiative to train, resource and support teachers. She writes, commissions and edits digital and print materials for teachers, including booklets and a CDrom for National Poetry Day.
Jean tutors residential writing courses for the Arvon Foundation, and in 2002 was a judge for the Young Poets of the Year Awards. She has written on poetry and education for publications including the Times Educational Supplement.
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