S. R. Harris or Sarah Reader Harris is a British-born Belgian writer, novelist, poet and publisher based in Brussels, best known for her children's books. Her work A Sheep Called Skye was adapted for stage by Nicola McCartney and performed at the National Theatre of Scotland in conjunction with puppeteer Ailie Cohen.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
editS. R. Harris was born Sarah Margaret Reader Harris in 1959, the niece of Dame Diana Reader Harris and granddaughter of John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst.[5] Having graduated from Sherborne School for Girls, she attended University College London before transferring to University of Bradford.[citation needed]
Children's books
editThe Skye series tells the story of a sheep by the name of Skye who lives on the Scottish Isle of Skye. Following her 2000 A Sheep Called Skye, Harris added further books to the series, including To Skye with Love, A Patch of Skye, and No Place like Skye.[6] The first book has since gone into Dutch translation as Het Eiland van de Nevelen.[7] She has also published several original children's books in Dutch, including Het Mysterie van de Bienoboon and Vlieglessen van een Vlegel.
Fiction
editIn 2018, Harris's novel Plums Taste Different Here was listed for the Yeovil Literary Prize.[8][failed verification]
Poetry
editIn 2017, Harris was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, an international competition for creative writers.[9]
Activism
editHarris has used poetry to address the European migrant crisis in Brussels.[10][11][12] With Marieke Slovin Lewis and people living at the Fedasil Petit-Chateau Arrival Centre, Harris wrote and published On the Move: Poems and Songs of Migration.[13]
She is active in a variety of educational and cultural programs through her writing.[14][15]
Harris is also a member of the Brussels Writers' Circle.[16][17]
References
edit- ^ "A sheep's tale worth catching". The Herald. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Brown, Mark (8 October 2007). "Molly Sweeney: an absorbing, psychological thriller: Mark Brown reviews Molly Sweeney and A Sheep Called Skye by the National Theatre of Scotland". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Dibdin, Thom (22 September 2006). "How Scotland's national theatre is finally coming home". The Stage. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Walmsley, Ben (2012). "Re-defining rural marketing: Insights from touring theatre" (PDF). International Journal of Rural Management. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Dymond, Percy (27 May 1965). "The Wakehursts in Chelsea". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
Our four grand-children, Michael and Sarah Reader Harris and Timothy and Christina Loder—the boys are seven and the girls five
- ^ "A Sheep Called Skye".
- ^ "Het Eiland van de Nevelen".
- ^ "Yeovil Prize 2018".
- ^ "Bridport Prize 2017". Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Poetry in het Klein Kasteeltje".
- ^ "Brussels Kunstenoverleg".
- ^ "Lasso, Brussels".
- ^ "On the Move". Fishpond. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Brussels Express".
- ^ "Brussels City Website, Events".
- ^ "Brussels Writers' Circle". 2016.
- ^ "Harvard Square Editions".
