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Bernardine Coverley
Short stories
Biography
Bernardine Coverley grew up in London pubs where she went to sleep to the sound of a piano and the hum of voices. Her first job, at 16, was in the post room of the Daily Express, higher education was in the gods at the Old Vic watching Richard Burton in Shakespeare’s plays. Years later and after three children she started to write. A course at the City Lit on freelance journalism taught the practical basics and her print debut was in Labour Party magazine ‘oh, we don’t pay.’ Since then she has written many features and reviews on theatre for London magazines, on science & technology for The Independent, careers and work for The Times. Moved into writing course materials for adult education courses aimed at low paid cleaners and carers. Hates the title and cover of her first book, Successful Step-parenting, commissioned as part of a parenting series but enjoyed researching it. Recent writing is less journalism, more creative non fiction, short fiction and poetry. As well as spending many months in Mexico working in a garden she has lived in Morocco, walked in the Algerian Sahara, observed flora and fauna in Jamaica, Cuba and Chile, and ridden a horse through forests in Hungary. In England she is tree warden for a small rural parish. Writing workshops for: IpArt (Ipswich Arts Festival), Ipswich Institute, Mind, staff at Prettys solicitors, Ipswich, UEA, community workshops at Stradbroke Library. http://www.bernardinecoverley.co.uk
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