Steve Urwin

County Durham, United Kingdom

Steve Urwin

County Durham, United Kingdom

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STEVE URWIN was born in 1970 in Consett, County Durham where he still lives. Diarist, editor, publisher, poet, his work has appeared in magazines such as Fire, Open Wide, Other Poetry, Sand, Smiths Knoll and Tears in the Fence and has been broadcast on BBC Radio. His debut full-length poetry collection “Tightrope Walker” was published by Redbeck Press in 2001. Steve is a widely respected spoken word performer throughout the north east of England. He is the 2008 Bare Knuckle Poetry Slam Champion, 2008 Northern Lines Poetry Slam Champion and 2011 Middlesbrough Intro Festival Spoken Word Stage Slam Champion. His second poetry collection Hypomaniac, published by Red Squirrel Press in 2009, was that year’s September Book of the Month in north east cultural listings magazine The Crack. His next book Shades of Grey was published in October 2011 by Red Squirrel Press. Steve works as a creative writing facilitator – mainly within mental health settings – and runs Talking Pen, organising live literature events and publishing limited edition monographs and pamphlets. In 2012 Steve was a shadow poet coach for Shake the Dust national youth poetry slam. His deluxe limited edition handmade book “So Much for the Sunshine” sold out on its launch night in August 2013 and was reissued in standard format last November. Steve currently hosts the monthly Poetry Jam at Waddington Street Centre in Durham City. He likes mountain biking, black clothing and bleak music.

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    • Author, Performer, Publisher, Writing Facilitator