Patrick Chapman (born 1968) is an Irish poet, writer and screenwriter. Chapman's first published work was ''Jazztown'', released in 1991 by Raven Arts Press. This was followed five years later by ''The New Pornography'', a collection of poems described as "darkly humorous" by ''

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''. His story collection, ''The Wow Signal'' (Bluechrome Publishing ) was published in 2007. He also wrote the ''

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'' audio drama, ''" Fear of the Daleks"'' (Big Finish, 2007). Based on his own published story of the same name, he wrote the short drama film ''Burning The Bed'', which starred Gina McKee and

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. ''Burning The Bed'' was a prizewinner at the 2004 Worldfest film festival in

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, Texas and was also named Best Narrative Short at the DeadCENTER Film Festival in

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, Oklahoma. Chapman has also written five episodes of the children's television series, Garth and ''Bev'', for Kavaleer Productions. This aired on RTÉ in 2009 and Cbeebies in 2010, and has worldwide distribution. Chapman is the co-founder, along with writer Philip Casey, of irishliteraryrevival.com, which seeks to create "a place where readers could find books no longer available elsewhere, and where writers could get a new audience for their texts, while stimulating interest in their work as a whole" and where all the books are placed on the site under a

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Bibliography

Poetry collections

:His poetry collections include: * ''Jazztown'', (Raven Arts Press, 1991 ) * ''The New Pornography'' (Salmon Poetry, 1996 ) * ''Breaking Hearts And Traffic Lights'' (Salmon Poetry, 2007 ) * ''A Shopping Mall on Mars'', (BlazeVOX, 2008 ) * ''The Darwin Vampires'', (Salmon Poetry, 2010 ) * ''A Promiscuity of Spines: New & Selected Poems'', (Salmon Poetry, 2012 ) * ''Slow Clocks of Decay'', (Salmon Poetry, 2016 )

Stories

* ''The Wow Signal'' (Bluechrome, 2007) * ''The Negative Cutter'' (Arlen House, 2014)

Film

* ''Burning the Bed'' (Songway Films/Fantastic Films, 2003), starring Gina McKee and

Audio Play

* " Doctor Who: Fear of the Daleks" (Big Finish, 2007)

Television

* " Garth and Bev" Five episodes (Kavaleer Productions, 2009/2010) * " Wildernuts" Six episodes (Kavaleer Productions, 2013) * " Bubble Bath Bay" Two episodes (Telegael/Cuan/Essential, 2014)

References

External links

Patrick Chapman Online

Burning the Bed Website
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