Andrew Forster, ex-Literature Development Officer for DGAA, whose book 'Fear of Thunder' made the Forward Shortlist for First Collection this year, has exam boards bidding to use his work in the school curriculum.
Andy's poems 'Brothers' and 'Horse Whisperer' are to be included in an anthology for schools. (We hope they all have to buy one Andy). And his already widely admired poem, 'Mother, Diving' has appeared on a sample exam paper. I'll treat you to a short extract:
'The high diving board at the open-air pool
taunted my mother like a tongue. While young boys
leapt from the first board, clenched like stones,
she held herself in by the pool-rail.'
'The high diving board at the open-air pool
taunted my mother like a tongue. While young boys
leapt from the first board, clenched like stones,
she held herself in by the pool-rail.'
Andy will see his second collection, 'Territory', published in May 2010. Let's hope he can be persuaded to come back to D&G and read it to us!
