Daniel dawson poet biography
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Sue Hardy-Dawson a Yorkshire born poet, artist, and illustrator, is widely published in children’s poetry anthologies. She’s worked with children for over thirty years and has an Open First Class Honours Degree mostly in Creative Writing, Literature. She loves visiting schools and has provided workshops for the Prince of Wales ‘Foundation for Children and the Arts’.
Profoundly dyslexic, she’s especially interested in encouraging reluctant writers. Her first solo collection, ‘Where Zebras Go’ (Otter-Barry Books) was short listed for the CIiPPA.
Her second book ‘Apes to Zebras’ (Bloomsbury) with poetry Ambassadors Roger Stevens and Liz Brownlee,came out in March 2018 and won the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award in the poetry category.
A second solo collection of poems ‘If I Were Other than Myself’ (Troika) came out this spring. Sue has three adult children and lives with her husband and two dogs on the edge of the spa town of Harrogate.
Sue debut performance for the world storytelling cafe on 21 April at 16:00 with a set of children poems
"Now that the world is standing still, people are asking for stories" Achira.
John Row
Much loved curator of our Story Circle. Perfoms each Sunday
Hugh Lupton
Passionate for the hidden layers of th
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John Lewis Dawson
John Lewis Dawson of Mahwah, NJ died peacefully on August 4, 2024 at age 85. He was born in Brooklyn, NY to Ebba (Winstrom) and Daniel Dawson on July 9, 1939. After serving in the U.S. Navy for 6 years (1956-1962), John served as a fireman and police officer in Waldwick, NJ where he met his wife, Olga, and later had two children, Debora and David. John was a very talented writer as his resume reflected, holding positions at IT&T, Krumb & Foster, OTS (U.S. Treasury). He was also a talented musician, often entertaining family and friends with his guitar and belting out country classics. He was a handyman and talented carpenter too, buying houses then renovating them only to flip them in an effort to give his family the best life he could afford. As a result, they spent many years in Ramsey, NJ where his children went to school and then moved to Mahwah, NJ where he made fast friends with their neighbors.
John is survived by his loving wife, Olga, his daughter Debbie and her fiancé Donald Sinclair, his son David and his wife Kelly and his beloved grandchildren, Aidan and Dylan Dawson. He is also survived by his brother, Thomas Dawson, his wife Carla and family.
To honor John’s memory, memorial visitation will be held on Friday, A