{"product_id":"living-water-a-collection-of-poetry-by-bernie-crawford-paperback","title":"Living Water: A Collection of Poetry by Bernie Crawford - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernie Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of work by the poet Bernie Crawford that charts childhood, adulthood and the journey to becoming an adoptive mother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernie Crawford, originally from County Limerick, lives near the sea in County Galway. She has taught at second level in Galway and in Lesotho. Always an advocate for women's rights, she completed an MA in Women Studies at York University after which she worked on the Irish Bilateral Aid programme in Zambia and Tanzania in the 1990's. She returned to Galway and teaching in the early noughties with her two young daughters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer poetry has been published in Irish and international journals and anthologies including \u003cem\u003eBanshee, The Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe North \u003c\/em\u003emagazine\u003cem\u003e, The Stony Thursday Book \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMslexia. \u003c\/em\u003eShe was the winner of \u003cem\u003eNew Irish Writing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ein the \u003cem\u003eIrish Times \u003c\/em\u003ein January 2020, the 2019 North West Words competition and 2017 Poetry Ireland\/Trocaire competition. She was placed second in the 2018 Blue Nib Summer Chapbook Contest and a selection of her poetry was published in the Blue Nib's third chapbook. In 2019 she was awarded a bursary by Galway County Council to work towards a debut collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is a co-editor of the popular poetry magazine \u003cem\u003eSkylight 47. \u003c\/em\u003eShe co-founded a \u003cem\u003ePoetry Reading Group \u003c\/em\u003ein Oranmore Library which meets every month and she facilitates creative writing classes with the \u003cem\u003eOranmore Active Retirement Group\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744081580095,"sku":"9781838104177","price":31.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/356beb4f00dfb69f485abb2d9cfad828.webp?v=1765166982","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/living-water-a-collection-of-poetry-by-bernie-crawford-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}