John Siddique

John Siddique (born July 25, 1964) is a British poet and author. He began writing after discovering the poetry of ee cummings via the Woody Allen film 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Before becoming a writer he drifted through various jobs such as being a roadie, a pipe-welder, and landscape gardener. His writing is clear and direct and is distinctly maverick in its drive toward humanity.

PUBLISHED WORKS

POETRY
Recital – An Almanac (SALT 2009)
Blackpool - A Poet’s View (Blackpool Council 2009)
Poems from a Northern Soul (Crocus 2007)
Transparency (as Editor) (Crocus 2006)
The Prize (Rialto 2005)

SHORT STORIES
Four Fathers (Co-author) (ROUTE 2007)



FOR CHILDREN
Don’t Wear It On Your Head (SALT) To Be Published Summer 2010

SELECTED ANTHOLOGIES
NEW WRITING 15 (Granta)
The Fire People (Payback/Canongate)
VELOCITY (Apples & Snakes/Black Spring)
Masala (MacMillan)
Anthology of British South Asian Poetry (Redbeck)
RED (Peepal Tree)
Life Lines – Poets for Oxfam CD

RESIDENCIES
Los Angeles as Writer in Residence 2009
Blackpool as Poet in Residence 2008
Manchester Art Gallery 2008
Fundacion Valparaiso 2006
The Rainer Charity, Wigan 2005
Commonword/BBC Manchester as Poet in Residence 2005
Ilkley Literature Festival as Poet in Residence 2004
HMYOI Wetherby as Writer in Residence 2000 – 03
Ledbury Poetry Festival as Writer in Residence for Young People 2000 – 03
The LOWRY as Poet in residence 2000 – 01
Prestwich NHS Trust as Poet in Residence 2000