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Joy Pitman (1945 - )

Joy Pitman, BA English & Philosophy, BA Drama & Theatre Arts (born in Bristol UK) is a Scottish poet, short story writer, essayist and photographer. Edinburgh based Poet with a wide-ranging interest in words, images, film and dance

Employment
Variously employed as a teacher of English and Creative Writing; an Administration Assistant; an Archivist; a self-employed Psychotherapist and Kairos Therapy body-worker.

Publications
Short story published in the local paper when nine

Started writing poetry as a teenager at boarding school.

Her creative writing has appeared in several Scottish anthologies and magazines including the 1981, English, Book, Illustrated edition: of Manuscripts in the Royal Scottish Museum : Edinburgh / Joy Pitman. Pitman, Joy Bookmark: https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/24053110

1991 Anthology of Scottish Women Poets

Joy has also published a number of academic articles on figures in the history of medicine.

In 1993 her first volume of poetry, Telling Gestures, was published by Chapman.

2003 in the Modern Scottish Women Poets

She is currently preparing a new illustrated book of poems, Secret Nectar, for publication as an eBook on Amazon