Stewart Henderson (poet)

Stewart Henderson is a British poet and broadcaster. He writes for both adults and children. The Church Times has said of him: 'What Michael Morpurgo has done for children's fiction, Henderson has done for poetry'^[1]

otland. He was shortlisted for the Scottish Children's Book Awards for Who Left Grandad at the Chipshop?^[2]

Since 2006, Henderson has been the host of BBC Radio 4's Questions, Questions.^[3] He was instrumental in the production of From Hairnets To Goalnets,^[4] a documentary on Britain’s first women’s football team. Other programmes he has worked on include Poetry in Politics, the educational series Wide Awake At Bedtime,^[5] and The Holy Fire^[6] which was shot on location in Israel and won the Jerusalem Radio Award for Best Feature in 2006.

Henderson is also a songwriting, working and occasionally performing with Martyn Joseph.^[3]

Biography

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/saturdaylive/2006/12/stewart_henderson.html
• http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/contributors/stewart-henderson/
• http://lion.eden.co.uk/authordetail.php?author_id=22

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