DEREK SELLEN
THE BOOKS
COLLECTION: Arch and its Shadow IN ANTHOLOGIES: Kaleidoscope and Storm at Galesburg and other Cinnamon Press Anthologies IN VARIOUS JOURNALS
Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology : "the voice of an unhinged kidnapper in Derek Sellen’s Angel and Assassin recalls sinister modern surveillance practices"
THE ARCH AND ITS SHADOW - selected poems 1969 - 2007
available from Amazon or from archanditsshadow@yahoo.com
"Derek Sellen's text shows an endlessly inventive imagnation. His poems find beauty , human drama and strangeness everywhere"
Professor Jan Montefiore
"Derek Sellen takes you on a fantasy flight with travel-fuelled poems ... He is one of kent's most respected poets." Maggie Harris
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KALEIDOSCOPE
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Published by Cinnamon Press, this anthology contains twelve of the sonnets in the sequence 'A GUIDE TO THE SPANISH PAINTERS'. The anthology also contains series of poems by many well-known poets.
Poems have also appeared in many other anthologies, including The Book of Euclid and Reaching Out (Cinnamon Press), British Council and PEN New Poetry and various South East Arts and Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year anthologies. Also in the Sunday Telegraph and Poetry Review.
BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE
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The anthology from the 2008 Bristol International Short Story competition. It contains my prize-winning story 'Angel and Assassin'.
"His entry for the inaugural Bristol Short Story Prize, Angel and Assassin, tells the compelling story of an assassin hired to kill a religious figure and explores how he changes from potential killer to guardian. Derek drew on much from Canterbury’s history for the story; his home since 1975." (Joe Melia)
