Aoife Mannix
May 28th, 2009 by sparky
Aoife Mannix will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
Aoife Mannix – Biography
Aoife Mannix is the author of four collections of poetry: The Trick of Foreign Words (2002); The Elephant in the Corner(2005); Growing Up An Alien (2007) and Turn The Clocks Upside Down (2008).
She is a well-known performer of her work, having taken part in the 2002/03 Apples & Snakes Writers on the Stormtour and the 2003/04 Kin (Renaissance One) tour. She toured with Heather Taylor, Canadian poet, with their showAccents on Words and in 2007/08 appeared in her own poetry and music show Growing Up an Alien, produced by Apples & Snakes.
Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, London Live and the BBC World Service, and she has written two drama documentaries for BBC Radio 4. In 2006 her short play Parallels was performed at the Latchmere Theatre and in 2004 she was shortlisted for the BBC Two Timing Competition with her TV sitcom, Since Dad Left. She has also recorded a CD with musician Richard Lewis - Did You Forget to Take Your Tablets?
Aoife has been comissioned to write pieces for the National Gallery, the Medway Fuse Festival and for Glasgow 2020. She has been Poet in Residence for the Central Foundation School for Girls and for the SW11 Literary Festival, and is a skilled workshop leader, writing tutor and mentor. She also managed the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme.
Her poetry has appeared in a number of anthologies and literary magazines, and she has performed extensively in many venues, including at several Literature Festivals and at the South Bank Centre. In 2007 she gave performances and workshops in Taiwan, Thailand and India, touring with the British Council.
Her first novel is Heritage of Secrets (2008).
Aoife Mannix will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
