Mal Foster is a self-confessed 'poet of the ordinary man' who has recently established himself in the poetry market place as one of this country's emerging new talents.
In 1976 he published his first book of poetry at the age of just nineteen. His work has since appeared in a variety of magazines, newspapers and periodicals.
In 1993 his much acclaimed poem Death of a Football Club appeared alongside the work of Adrian Henri, Attila the Stockbroker and Tony Harrison in the Northern Arts anthology Verses United*. The book also included material by Stewart Hall, Melvyn Bragg, Bobby Robson and Eric Cantona.
Other things you need to know about Mal
Mal has also written under the pseudonym Mal Cieslak.
In Cieslak pronounce the 'i' as an 'h' to get correct pronounciation.
Mal's poem 'The Girl Addict' was the subject of a controversial article in The Daily Star in 1985.
He was editor of Wire Poetry Magazine from 1989 to 1997.
Mal also appeared as Joe Cable in a 1983 production of South Pacific at The Camberley Theatre.
In 1985 Mal won Three Young Poet Awards for his poetry
In 1987 he appeared at the Greenpeace festival with the band Magic Moments At Twilight Time and also partnered Paul Wells in Leviathan.
He also worked closely with Giro Junction who performed one of his songs live at the St James Tavern in London the same year.
A selection of Mal's new work entitled 'Songs Without Music' can been seen at:
www.PoetryPoem.com/SongsWithoutMusic
"Mal has achieved a great deal since the emergence of Wire Poetry Magazine in the late eighties and has published a fair volume of work by other poets that will stand as a worthy record; the most important part of which has been Aramby's encouragement to new and younger poets. The 'emerging' – some of whom will develop as a result; will no doubt pay him due credit. I hope they do! I will long recall the regard shown by Mal to my own work and will send him my next collection when it is ready. Meanwhile, I will continue to follow his progress. Any poet blessed with the talent to write a poem such as 'Peepshow' has an obviously growing ability which will grow much further." - Bill Littlewood – (author of two National Poetry Foundation titles).
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