PERSONAL
NAME: ELLEN PHETHEAN
D.O.B.: 25.1.52
AGE: 58
QUALIFICATIONS:
BA Hons English & Theatre Studies Lancaster University 1975
P.G.T.C. Goldsmiths College 1976
M.A. Theatre Studies Lancaster University 1977
F.E.T.C. Newcastle College 1990
Creative Writing MA Distinction Newcastle University 2008
PUBLISHED and BROADCAST
BROADCAST
Loose Ends BBC Radio 4 March 1994
Women's Hour BBC Radio 4 Oct 1994
Poetry proms Radio 3 Aug 1996
Witnessing Westgate Hill, Radio Poem Stanza Radio 4 Aug 1997
Journey with a Golden Lady, verse play R 4 drama May 2000
Something Understood, Radio 4 2010
Keeping Time film about photographer Jimmy Forsyth (arising from the Graingertown Poetry Film residency, see below).
PUBLISHED:
Poetry and Fiction
Modern Goddess, Diamond Twig Press 1992
Sauce, Bloodaxe and Diamond Twig Press 1994
Wall, Smokestack Books 2007
Breath, Flambard, 2009
Plays
Olympia, play for Northumbria University Drama Department, Spring 2000
A Life in Shadows, play for Northumbria University Drama Department, May 2001
Cast Off verse play, Poetry Virgins, October 2001 (and DVD with Sneha Solanki, see below)
Did she jump... Northumbria University, May 2004
Olympia the Musical Northumbria University Drama Department, December 2005
Genetic toc, Live Theatre Youth Group March 2005
Entitled, Live Theatre Youth Group, March 2010
Cain and Abel Durham Mystery, Gala Theatre, May 2010
Non-Fiction
Words out Loud, Ed Mark Robinson Stride 2002
The Library Book, Ed Ellen Phethean, Tyne Bridge Publishing 2009
Fix This Moment, Eds Ronnie and Malcolm NWN (New Writing North) 2010
Hook into the Past, Ed Ellen Phethean due 2011
COMMISSIONS/AWARDS/PRIZES
Arts Council/ BBC Radio North Commission Write Out Loud Spring 1996,
Northern Arts Writers Award October 1996
Arts Council Award March 1997
Arts Council NE Award Autumn 2005
Bishop Auckland Crossover Novel Joint 1st Prize 2004
London Fringe New Poetry Award shortlisted 2010
WRITING RESIDENCIES:
Writer in Residence, Gateshead Libraries and Arts September 1997 - March 1999
Year of the Artist Award - resulting in an audiovisual DVD Cast Off made in collaboration with photographer Sneha Solanki (2000)
Graingertown Poetry Film Residency NWN (New Writing North) April 1999 - May 2001
Writer in Residence at Seven Stories Centre for the Children's Book, May 2002 - June 2003
Project Writer Writing along the Wall May 2002 - 2003
Community Radio Audio Artist in Residence with CBIT (Community Broadcast Initiative Tyneside ) 2001 - 2004
Audio artist/writer Sage Gateshead January 2004 - July 2005
Currently
Writing for Children tutor, Centre Lifelong Learning, Newcastle upon Tyne, October 2003 to date
VL Northumbria University October 2010 to date
