JOHN LINDLEY

Work on the B.B.C.’s ‘WW2 People’s War’ project.

Lecturer on poetry at Liverpool John Moores University.

Running workshops to help create poems for the United Nations 'Poems for Peace' anthology.

Workshops with schools, youth clubs, writers’ groups, U3A groups and members of the public as part of Congleton Borough Council’s ‘Imprints’ community arts project. I was appointed as the Literary Arts Form Specialist to work on this 18 month project throughout the five towns in the Congleton Borough.

Distance learning workshops for writers in Africa as part of the British Council funded ‘Crossing Borders’ project run by Lancaster University. As part of this project, I have visited Kenya to run a series of workshops and give a reading.

Workshops in Wales for Flintshire County Council’s ‘Heritage Alive’ project on myths and legends.

Workshops for the Dr. Samuel Johnson Tercentenary Project

Running creative writing workshops within schools for Buxton Opera House for their ‘Feeder Reader – Living Book’ project. The resultant work was published and performed at Buxton Opera House.

Running poetry workshops for Age Concern’s ‘Wearpurple’ project. A CD has now been produced on which I give readings of the poems created.

Tutoring a weekly ‘Creative Writing’ evening class for South Cheshire College.

Running workshops with the residents and schoolchildren of Northwich for the Salt Museum’s ‘Changing History’ project.

Running writing workshops with schoolchildren in Crewe on a council funded regeneration programme.

Fortnightly workshops for Cheshire County Council’s Social Services division at a Resource Centre for people with severe and enduring mental health problems.

Weekly workshops for Cheshire County Council at Drop-in Centres for the disabled.

Creative writing courses at Day Care Centres.

Regular part-time work at Styal Prison running poetry workshops and teaching basic skills.

Running evening poetry workshops for inmates at Styal Prison - the results published in a collection entitled ‘Poetic Justice’.

Hosting regular ‘Poems & Pints’ events.

Workshops in the mental health sector and work as M.C. at ‘Open Minds’ event for ‘Cheshire Mental Health week’.

Two week-long residencies in Goostrey and Kelsall working, in collaboration with a musician and film maker with village residents on projects for The Rural Touring Network. The work has now been released on CD and DVD.

Collaborating with a musician/digital artist on Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council’s ‘Fusion’ project.

Running regular workshops for Radio Stoke.

Working with people with learning difficulties for Cheshire County Council’s ‘Carry on Listening’ and 'Listen to me' projects.

As 2004’s Cheshire Poet Laureate, writing commissioned poems, giving and hosting poetry readings and running a variety of workshops.