Julia Darling was a novelist, poet, playwright and founder member
of The Poetry Virgins. She was born in Winchester, studied at
Falmouth School of Art and in 1980 moved to the North East, where
she lived for the rest of her life.
She published two novels, a book of short stories, two collections
of poetry and a book of plays. Julia founded Diamond Twig Press
with Ellen Phethean and also co-edited The Poetry Cure, alongside
Cynthia Fuller.
Julia won several awards for her short fiction, including an Ian St
James Award in 1996. Her stories appeared in anthologies and
magazines and many were also broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Bloodlines,
a collection of short stories, was published by Panurge in 1995.
She always hoped that a second collection would follow.
Julia was awarded the Northern Rock Foundation Writer’s Award, run
by New Writing North, in 2003. She was an Associate Royal Literary
Fund Fellow of Literature and Health at the University of Newcastle
upon Tyne. More information about Julia’s life and work can be
found at www.juliadarling.co.uk.
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