Ms Medbh McGuckian
Creative Writing Lecturer
Medbh McGuckian was born in Belfast where she lives with her family. Her collections of poetry include: The Flower Master (1982), Venus and the Rain (1984), On Ballycastle Beach (1988), Marconi's Cottage (1992), Captain Lavender (1995), Shelmalier (1998), and Drawing Ballerinas (2001). Her Selected Poems 1978-1994 was published in 1997. Among the prizes she has won are: the British National Poetry Competition, the Cheltenham Award, the Alice Hunt Bartlett prize, the Rooney Prize and the American Ireland Fund Literary Award. She has been Writer-in-Residence at Queen's University and at the University of Ulster; Visiting Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; and Writer-Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: +44 (0)28 9097 1080
Email: m.mcguckian@qub.ac.uk
Publications
The Flower Master And Other Poems, First published by Oxford University Press in 1982, and now available from The Gallery Press (published as The Flower Master and Other Poems, 1993).
Venus And The Rain, First published by Oxford University Press in 1984, and now available from The Gallery Press (1994).
On Ballycastle Beach, First published by Oxford University Press in 1988, and now available from The Gallery Press (1995).
Marconi's Cottage, Published by The Gallery Press, 1991
Captain Lavender, Published by The Gallery Press, 1994
Shelmailier, Published by The Gallery Press, 1998
Drawing Ballerinas, Published by The Gallery Press, 2001
The Face Of The Earth, Published by The Gallery Press, 2002
Had I A Thousand Lives, Published by The Gallery Press, 2003
The Book Of The Angel, Published by The Gallery Press, 2004
