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John Fairfax (1) (1930–2009)

Author of The Way to Write

For other authors named John Fairfax, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by John Fairfax

The Way to Write (1981) 55 copies
Frontier of Going: Anthology of Space Poetry (1969) 33 copies
Creative Writing (The way to write) (1989) 6 copies
This I say : twelve poems 2 copies
Bone Harvest Done (1980) 2 copies
Adrift on the Star Brow of Taliesin (1974) 2 copies
Listen to This (1967) 2 copies
Wild Children (1985) 1 copy
100 Poems (1993) 1 copy
Zuihitsu : poetic journal and jottings (1996) 1 copy
Horizons (1971) — Editor — 1 copy
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Birthdate
1930-11-09
Date of death
2009-01-14
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Places of residence
England, UK
Occupations
teacher
Relationships
Barker, George (nephew)
Barker, Kit (nephew)
Berk, Esther (husband)
Short biography
A full-time author. Nephew of poet George Barker and his painter brother Kit. Co-founder (with Ted Hughes and John Moat) of Arvon Foundation. Married Esther Berk daughter of Lotte Berk. Two sons, Michael and Jonathon both working in the graphic Arts.

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The way to write by John Fairfax
My first how to write book way back when I was a teenager. I still think it's the best for discovering the beauty and power of the English language when writing prose fiction... but I guess that's what these poet types do.

Not really the strongest on things such as character arcs, plotting, pacing or any of the getting published stuff.
 
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