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Julia Darling's poem A Happy Childhood is Diamond Twig's poem of the month for March 2008. Julia co-founded Diamond Twig with Ellen Phethean. The poem, first published in the Iron Press antholgy North by North East, is included in Diamond Twig's forthcoming anthology The Ropes: Poems to hold on to.
On Sunday 10th June 2007, the BBC Open Book programme first broadcast a feature on North East teenagers:
"Writers Richard Milward and Ellen Phethean, and Claire Malcolm from New Writing North discussed the fictional depiction of teenagers on Tyneside as hard living and hard drinking." Among the books they talked about were The Taxi Driver's Daughter and Wall, from Julia's long-time collaborator Ellen Phethean. The programme can still be heard over the web via the BBC's Listen Again service.
On Tuesday 16 January 2007, extracts from Julia's poignant, honest and funny web diary were performed in the Afternoon Play slot by actor Charlie Hardwick. The Waiting Room also featured contributions from Bev Robinson and Jackie Kay (who edited the weblog) along with settings of Julia's poems by Tim Dalling and with his musical accompaniment.
We have received some messages from listeners, which you can read on this new page in the In Memory section of the site.
If you missed the fantastic events at the Sage Gateshead, or if you just want to relive the night, you can now buy the Sudden Collapses in Public Places song cycle on CD from New Writing North. The CD is priced £10 (plus £1.50 p+p, regardless of how many copies you order), and features all the music and songs from the show, as sung by Zoë Lambert and performed by Dave Scott, Neil Blenkinsop and F. To get hold of a copy, just send a cheque to New Writing North (Newcastle University, Culture Lab, Grand Assembly Rooms, Kings Walk, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU) with an explanatory note, and they'll despatch them to you as soon as possible.
On 12th September 2005 an appeal for the Julia Darling Fellowship in Creative Writing and Health was launched by Professor Linda Anderson, head of the School of English at Newcastle University, and Bev Robinson, Julia's partner.
The intention is to honour Julia and all that she accomplished in the field of creative writing and health by founding a Fellowship in her name at The University of Newcastle. One of the responsibilities of the fellow would be to follow up some of the work that Julia started. Julia's most important legacy in this field will be that the work continues and develops and that literature, though the Fellowship, goes on finding new ways of reaching out to, and influencing professionals and patients.
More information, and a form for your contributions, on the University Website.
Rendezvous, a CD of Julia's poems, is now available. Six of them are read by Julia herself and eleven set to music by Tim Dalling, from whom you can buy the CD. The first run of 200 come in a hand-knitted CD cover, so hurry!
One of Julia's last collaborations was with the artist Emma Holliday, on the First Aid Kit for the Mind. These are available direct from Emma.
This site will continue to be the place to find information about Julia and her work.
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The links at the top of the page - which look like this - take you to the other pages of Julia's web site. They are repeated at the top of each page, and At Home will always brings you back here, to Julia's home page.
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