Session [Poetry]

Pete Mullineaux originates from Bristol, UK. At age 13 his poem 'Harvest Festival' was published in two anthologies, Poetry & Song (Macmillan) and Man & His Senses (Harrap) as well as being recorded by Argo records alongside music and song from Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger. Living in London for several years, he worked in a left-wing printing press and was part of the alternative music scene with the punk rock band The Resisters, then as singer-songwriter, Pete Zero. Adapting to the emerging wave of performance poetry, he appeared in the Apples & Snakes anthology Raw & Biting Cabaret Poetry, (Pluto Press 1984) and won the City of London Poetry/song contest in 1986. In 1991 he moved to Galway with his partner and daughter, where he works as a creative writing facilitator and drama devisor with local and national community/arts/campaigning groups. He's particularly involved in development education and is a mentor on Poetry Ireland's Writers in Schools Scheme. His poetry has been pub­lished widely in Ireland, UK, USA and France - with two previ­ous collections: Zen Traffic Lights (Lapwing 2005) and A Father's Day (Salmon 2008.) Readings range from Cuirt International Festival of Literature to Electric Picnic, New York to Glastonbury. He also writes for the theatre and has had a number of plays pro­duced by RTE radio.