Christopher James (born 1975) is a British poet.

Life

Christopher James was educated at Newcastle and the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

, where he graduated with an MA in Creative Writing. He now lives in Suffolk with his wife, young family. He works in London as head of corporate communications for the

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. Prior to this he worked in advertising for both J&L Group and CPG Yorkshire selling advertising features to business-to-business magazines. His work has appeared in ''

The Rialto (poetry magazine) ''The Rialto'' is an independent poetry magazine and poetry publisher. The magazine is published three times a year. It is part-funded by Arts Council England. First published in April 1984 in Norwich, Norfolk. The name was a result of a friend ...

'', ''Smiths Knoll'', ''

The London Magazine ''The London Magazine'' is the title of six different publications that have appeared in succession since 1732. All six have focused on the arts, literature and miscellaneous topics. 1732–1785 ''The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly I ...

'', ''Iota'',

The Frogmore Papers ''The Frogmore Papers'' is a quarterly literary magazine published in the United Kingdom. The magazine is published by The Frogmore Press, founded by Andre Evans and Jeremy Page at the Frogmore tea-rooms in Folkestone (once a favourite haunt of H ...

and ''Magma''.

Awards

James has previously won the

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, and Ledbury poetry prizes, and the 2008

National Poetry Competition The National Poetry Competition is an annual poetry prize established in 1978 in the United Kingdom. It is run by the UK-based Poetry Society and accepts entries from all over the world, with over 10,000 poems being submitted to the competition ...

Work

''John Lennon on the Great Wall of China''
* ''The Invention of Butterfly'', 2006, Ragged Raven Poetry,

References

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