Wes Magee
Wes Magee is a poet and children's author who was born in Greenock, Scotland in July, 1939. One of his most well known works is the poem "Windows". He has published 6 collections of poetry for adults, and more than 90 books for children including poetry, fiction, plays, picture books, and anthologies. He now lives in the hamlet of Thorgill, on the North Yorkshire Moors.Awards and accolades
- Urban Gorilla, a collection for adults, won the New Poets Award in 1972.
- The Blackstaff Collection No Man's Land was a recommendation of the Poetry Book Society in 1978.
- The Very Best of Wes Magee, a selection of poems for children, won the Award of the Children's Poetry Bookshelf in 2002.
Forthcoming works
New collections of poems for adults, Joyriding! and A Thorgill Year have been announced.Performance work
Wes Magee performs poetry shows in schools around the UK.The tours have also included Germany, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Guernsey and he was a visiting Professor at Rollins College, Florida and Kuwait.Television
Poems for children have been featured in the Cbeebies series Poetry Pie.
