Ripples Beyond the Pool - Swann, Kathleen
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Kathleen was brought up in rural Cumbria and now lives in North Yorkshire. She spent her working life in the NHS and, since her retirement, is now able to concentrate on her family, gardening and studying and writing poetry. This collection embraces relationships with family and friends and reflects a love of rural life and characters. It also takes us on visits to other countries and cultures. Her poems have been published on-line and in several anthologies and magazines. In 2019 Kathleen worked with a young composer to produce a song which was performed at the International Leeds Lieder Festival.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Kathleen was brought up in rural Cumbria and now lives in North Yorkshire. She spent her working life in the NHS and, since her retirement, is now able to concentrate on her family, gardening and studying and writing poetry. This collection embraces relationships with family and friends and reflects a love of rural life and characters. It also takes us on visits to other countries and cultures. Her poems have been published on-line and in several anthologies and magazines. In 2019 Kathleen worked with a young composer to produce a song which was performed at the International Leeds Lieder Festival.
Autorenporträt
Kathleen was born in West Yorkshire but brought up in The Lake District. She wrote for the school magazine and enjoyed making up stories for local children and the children she cared for when she worked as an au pair in Brussels.Having worked in the NHS in North Yorkshire for twenty-six years, where writing board papers and clinical reports were her daily routine, she promised herself that when she retired she would return to writing and storytelling for her own pleasure. She joined the local U3A Family History group and researched her mother's family back through many generations.Her first book of poetry, Ripples Beyond the Pool, was published in 2019 and she is working on another volume for 2023. Her poems are included in a wide range of anthologies.Kathleen still lives in North Yorkshire, and when she is not writing, she enjoys gardening, fell walking, cooking and once a week, she and her husband can be found at a class practicing Rhumba, Tango, Quickstep and Rock and Roll for fun and exercise.