Biography

Julian co-founded Write Out Loud with Dave Morgan in 2003 and, with his son Michael, created this website the following year. He has run two educational publishing companies, been a successful performance poet, coming second in several slams and joint first in the International Women’s Festival Slam, bizarrely. His poem, You, Me and Those Who Came Before, was commissioned by the award-winning animation studio, Fettle Animation, for whom it helped win a Royal Television Society award in 2019. You can view the film, and learn more about it here: https://refugeeweek.org.uk/refugee-week-animation-you-me-and-those-who-came-before/ He has read or performed his work at poetry gigs across the UK, in France and the USA, and is an experienced compere of poetry events, including read-arounds, open-mics, slams and workshops, including designing and running a week-long performing poetry course for the Arvon Foundation. He wrote the script for the short film, To The Sea Again, a finalist at London's Angel film festival and Moondance in Hollywood. The film was produced and directed by Mark Jordon. Julian has a background as a teacher and lecturer at all levels: infant to HE; a lifetime of experience as a workshop facilitator, trainer of facilitators and teachers, organisational consultant and management coach. He has produced teaching and training packs for a range of organisations including radio and TV, winning the Cooperative media award for his part in BBC's Roadshow guide to rights and the law, for young people. He was Minorities Editor of Basic Education Journal and wrote Workfacts for Young Workers which caused a Tory MP to complain that the government was funding publications encouraging young people to complain about their working conditions; and the use of a swear word in the book (bloody). He has worked in a cotton mill, been a lorry driver, encyclopaedia salesman, publisher, teacher and lecturer in England and France. As well as running Write Out Loud Julian has led creative writing and scriptwriting workshops for festivals, libraries and others, and interviewed Jimmy McGovern and David Nobbs live on stage. He has run poetry events in Bordeaux and surrounding areas and translated French poetry into English. He continues as a director and editor in chief of Write Out Loud.

All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.

Blog entries by Julian Jordon

Avoiding the rap – no apologies to Nadine Dorries (28/05/2022)

BEWARE THE BEAR (26/02/2022)

(untitled) (12/12/2015)

We have become a dead grandmother (16/04/2013)

Bugarach (21/12/2012)

new blog feature (14/11/2012)

Above and beyond (15/02/2012)

Writing as suicide (09/02/2012)

Spam, spam, spam, spam... (03/11/2011)

How do I love thee? (05/10/2011)

Read more entries by Julian Jordon…

Blog link: https://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/julianjordon

Audio entries by Julian Jordon

BEWARE THE BEAR (26/02/2022)

Favourite Profiles

The Kingsland Poet Tree