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Programme 7: Valerie Bloom
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Valerie BloomAudio on demand of programme 7 is available 19/05/2006 - 25/05/2006

Click here to read a brief biography of Valerie Bloom.

Click here to follow a transcript of the programme in pdf format.

In the programme Valerie is interviewed by children from  Whiteoak Primary School in Swanley, Kent. Click on the links below to hear Valerie's answers to their questions.

1. Is it best to read your poems out loud?

2. Did you like writing poetry as a child?

3. A lot of your poems are about children growing up in Jamaica. How closely are they based on your own memories?

4. Did you live in the country or the city in Jamaica?

5. You came to Britain from Jamaica when you were 23. What was it like starting a new life?

6. What does it feel like when you're writing a poem?

7. Do you have a special place where you write and do you write everyday?

8. Is it fun being a poet?

9. Sometimes you write in English and sometimes you write in Jamaican patois. Which is easiest for you?

10. Which sort of poem do you enjoy writing the most - funny ones or serious?

11. Where do you get your ideas from?

12. Why do you use lots of rhymes in your poems?

13. What other poetry techniques do you like to use?

14. What sort of things do you really care about?
Links to other programmes:
1. Anne Fine   2. Eva Ibottson   3. Michael Morpurgo
4. Philip Ridley   5. Jeremy Strong   6. Jacqueline Wilson
7. Valerie Bloom   8. Brian Patten
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