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Andy Willoughby
 Andy Willoughby
has been performing his
poetry/spoken word and musical collaborations nationally and
internationally since 1996. Performances include support slots for Mark
Stewart & The Mafia, Linton Kwesi Johnson,
Tony Harrison, Francesca Beard and Matt Caley.
He was
Middlesbrough’s
Poet Laureate 2003 – 2004. He has had poetry and plays commissioned by
New Word Order Cabaret,
BBC
Radio 4 Today Programme, The Primary Care Trust, Helsinki City Council,
Den Haag City Council amongst others, and has
performed at The Poetry Café -
London,
Kiasma Museum of Modern Art -
Helsinki,
The Conference of Finn-Ugric Writers in
Siberia,
and The Morden Tower,
Newcastle.
His poems have appeared in
various anthologies including Oral: An Anthology of British
Performance Poetry (Sceptre Press 1999),
War on War (Sub Press 2004), The
Flesh of The Bear (Ek
Zuban 2004). His collections include The Wrong California:
Middlesbrough Poet Laureate Poems (Mudfog
2004), Tough (Smokestack Books 2006). He has published a bi-lingual
collaboration with the renowned Finnish writer
Riina Katajavuori
Peripheries (Ek
Zuban 2007). His work has been translated into Japanese, Finnish,
Italian, Swedish, Karelian, Russian and Dutch.
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