Joseph CoeLho
Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho is an award-winning performance poet, playwright and children's author based in Kent. He aims to inspire young people through stories and characters they can recognise and explores themes including fear, courage, diversity, gratitude, empathy and loss. In addition to exploring emotional landscapes, Coelho is inspired by magic, the ancient world and often draws on his own experiences transforming them into something universal that can be shared. Throughout his career he has highlighted the power of poetry and reading, championing and campaigning for local libraries and spotlights new voices and diversity throughout his work.
events
Poetry Prompts
10.30 a.m. | Pugin Hall | €5 | for age 9+
‘Poetry Prompts’ is Joseph Coelho’s flagship project as the prestigious Waterstones Children’s Laureate in the UK. It's an epic celebration of the power of poetry in all its forms. Joseph’s Poetry Prompts will give young writers endless ideas for ways to find inspiration to write a poem, and will give a special insight into where writers get their ideas. Whether you’re already a confident writer or you’re scared to put pen to paper in case you get it wrong, this event will show you that absolutely everyone can be a poet.
Please note this same event will be presented at Lismore Heritage Centre
Poetry Prompts
2 p.m. | Lismore Heritage Centre | €5 | for age 9+
‘Poetry Prompts’ is Joseph Coelho’s flagship project as the prestigious Waterstones Children’s Laureate in the UK. It's an epic celebration of the power of poetry in all its forms. Joseph’s Poetry Prompts will give young writers endless ideas for ways to find inspiration to write a poem, and will give a special insight into where writers get their ideas. Whether you’re already a confident writer or you’re scared to put pen to paper in case you get it wrong, this event will show you that absolutely everyone can be a poet.
Please note this same event will be presented in Pugin Hall
Recent publications:
Courage Out Loud: Volume 3: 25 Poems of Power - Poetry to Perform (with Daniel Gray-Barnett)(Wide Eyed Editions, 2022) for age 6-10
Smile Out Loud: Volume 2: 25 Happy Poems - Poetry to Perform (with Daniel Gray-Barnett)(Wide Eyed Editions, 2022) for age 5-10
Poems Aloud: Volume 1: An anthology of poems to read out loud (with Daniel Gray-Barnett)(Wide Eyed Editions, 2022) for age 5-10
Creeping Beauty: Fairy Tales Gone Bad (with Freya Hartas) (Walker, 2022) for age 9-12
My Beautiful Voice (with Ms. Allison Colpoys) (Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2022) for age 4-7
Luna Loves Dance (with Fiona Lumbers) (Andersen Press, 2022) for age 3-6
Luna Loves Art (with Fiona Lumbers) (Andersen Press, 2021) for age 2-5
