Bexhill-on-Sea (often simply Bexhill) is a seaside town situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England, Bexhill is home to a performance hall, where the likes of appeared which English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as "War Horse" (1982)?
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Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea (often simply Bexhill) is a seaside town situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local-government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of archaeological sites, a Manor House in the Old Town, an abundance of Edwardian and Victorian architecture, and the famous De La Warr Pavilion: today a modern-art gallery – which has featured the work of Andy Warhol amongst others – and performance hall, where the likes of comedian Lee Evans and author Michael Morpurgo have appeared.
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Michael Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC, DL (born 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as "War Horse" (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the English coast or World War I. Morpurgo became the third British Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005.
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Peter Grimes Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the narrative poem, "Peter Grimes," in George Crabbe's book "The Borough". The "borough" of the opera is a fictional village which shares some similarities with Crabbe's, and later Britten's, own home of Aldeburgh, a town on England's east coast.
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Susan Hill Susan Hill CBE (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include "The Woman in Black", "" and "I'm the King of the Castle" for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971.
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Weymouth Sands Weymouth Sands was written by John Cowper Powys in rural upper New York State and published in February 1934 in New York City by Simon and Schuster. It was published in Britain as Jobber Skald in 1935 by John Lane. "Weymouth Sands" was the third of John Cowper Powys's so-called Wessex novels, which include "Wolf Solent" (1929), "A Glastonbury Romance" (1932), and "Maiden Castle" (1936). Powys was an admirer of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, and these novels are set in Somerset and Dorset, part of Hardy's mythical Wessex. American scholar Richard Maxwell describes these four novels "as remarkably successful with the reading public of his time". The setting of this novel is the English seaside town of Weymouth, Dorset.
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John Antrobus John Antrobus (born 2 July 1933) is an English playwright and script writer. He has written extensively for stage, screen, TV and radio, including the epic World War II play, "Crete and Sergeant Pepper" at the Royal Court. He authored the children's book series "Ronnie", which includes "Help! I am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory".
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Matilda Anne Mackarness Matilda Anne Mackarness ("née" Planché; 23 November 1825 – 6 May 1881) was an English novelist of the 19th century, primarily writing children's literature.
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John Masefield John Edward Masefield, OM ( ; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) English poet and writer, was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930. Among his best known works are the children's novels "The Midnight Folk" and "The Box of Delights", and the poems "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever".
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J. E. Harold Terry Joseph Edward Harold Terry (1885-1939) was an English novelist, playwright, actor and critic who was born in York. He was a nephew of the actor Eille Norwood. and a grandson of Sir Joseph Terry. and became famous for writing two of the longest running plays of the First World War era, "The Man Who Stayed at Home" (1914) and "General Post" (1917), which both ran for more than 500 performances.
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Peter Bently Peter Bently (born 1960) is a British children’s writer. He is best known for his rhyming picture books including "The Great Dog Bottom Swap" (with Mei Matsuoka), "Meet the Parents" (with Sara Ogilvie) and "The Shark in the Dark" (with Ben Cort). "Cats Ahoy!", his first picture book with Jim Field, won the "Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011" and "King Jack and the Dragon" (with Helen Oxenbury) was named as an American Library Association Notable Book of the year.
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Parade's End Parade's End (1924-1928) is a tetralogy of novels by the British novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939). The setting is mainly England and the Western Front of the First World War, in which Ford had served as an officer in the Welch Regiment, a life he vividly depicts. The individual novels are:
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Edward Ardizzone Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'CBE RA', '4': "} (16 October 1900 – 8 November 1979) was an English painter, print-maker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. For "Tim All Alone" (Oxford, 1956), which he wrote and illustrated, Ardizzone won the inaugural Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal in 2005, the book was named one of the top ten winning titles, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for public election of an all-time favourite.
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Philip Ardagh Philip Ardagh (born 11 September 1961, Kent) is an English children's author, primarily known for the Eddie Dickens series of books. He has written more than 100 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction.
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Colin McNaughton Colin McNaughton (born 1 May 1951) is a British writer and illustrator of over 70 children's books. He is also a poet, focusing mainly on humorous children's poetry. He trained in graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London followed by an MA in illustration at the Royal College of Art. He lives in London.
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Jacqui Hawkins Jacqueline "Jacqui" Hawkins (born 1945) is an English book author and illustrator. With her husband Colin Hawkins, they are known for their creative partnership, having illustrated and written over 150 children's books. They are also the parents of actress Sally Hawkins.
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Englands Helicon Englands Helicon is an anthology of Elizabethan pastoral poems compiled by John Flasket, and first published in 1600. There was an enlarged edition in 1614. The poets involved cannot all be identified, since there are a number of poems marked as 'anonymous': they do include Edmund Bolton, William Byrd, Henry Chettle, Michael Drayton, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Anthony Munday, George Peele, Walter Raleigh, Henry Constable, William Shakespeare, Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, John Wootton, William Smith. The most celebrated poem is Marlowe's 'Come live with me and be my love'. This and several other lyrics have musical settings extant, in this case by William Corkine.
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Colin West (author) Colin West (born 1951) is an English children's book author and illustrator. Since 1975, he has written and illustrated over 50 children's books.
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William Hope Hodgson William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are set on the ocean, including his series of linked tales forming the "Sargasso Sea Stories". His novels, such as "The House on the Borderland" (1908) and "The Night Land" (1912), feature more cosmic themes, but several of his novels also focus on horrors associated with the sea. Early in his writing career Hodgson dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at age 40.
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Sally Read Sally Read (born 1971 in Suffolk) is a British poet and former psychiatric nurse.
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Oswald Couldrey Oswald Jennings Couldrey (1882–1958) was a British artist, poet and author.
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Karen Lee Field Karen Lee Field (born in 1961 in London, England) is an author of fantasy novels for younger readers, 9 to 12-year olds, as well as adults. She also writes short fiction.
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Gabriel Fielding Gabriel Fielding (25 March 1916, Hexham, Northumberland, England – 27 November 1986, Bellevue, Washington), pen name of Alan Gabriel Barnsley, was a British novelist whose works include: "In the Time of Greenbloom", "The Birthday King", "Through Streets Broad and Narrow" and "The Women of Guinea Lane".