Jay Bernard (writer)

Jay Bernard (born 1988), FRSL, is a writer, artist, film programmer, and activist from London. They have been a programmer at BFI Flare since 2014,[1] co-editor of Oxford Poetry,[2] and their fiction, non-fiction, and art has been published in many national and international magazines and newspapers.

Accolades

Bernard was named a Foyle Young Poet of the year in 2005.[3]

Bernard's 2016 pamphlet 'The Red and Yellow Nothing', was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award in 2016. The collection tells of the story of Sir Morien, a black knight at Camelot.[4]

Bernard won the Ted Hughes Award for new poetry in 2018 for their multimedia work Surge: Side A, a muiltimedia work which includes the film Something Said, inspired by the 1981 New Cross house fire.[5][6] The novel, 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' by Marlon James, and Twilight City, a film produced by Reece Auguiste for the Black Audio Film Collective in 1989, also provided inspiration for the work.[7]

Bernard was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.[8]

Work

Pamphlets

  • Your Sign is Cuckoo, Girl (Tall Lighthouse, 2008).
  • English Breakfast (Math Paper Press, 2013)
  • The Red and Yellow Nothing (Ink, Sweat and Tears Press, 2016), pamphlet, shortlisted for the Ted Hughes award in 2016.[9]

Films

Inclusion in anthologies and collections

Graphic art and poetry by Bernard appears in the following collections:

  • City State (2009)
  • 'Black Britain: Beyond Definition', Wasafiri, Issue 64, Winter 2010.[11]
  • The Salt Book of Younger Poets (Salt 2011)
  • Ten: The New Wave (Bloodaxe 2014)

Residencies

2010 - artist in residence at StAnza Poetry Festival.[12]

2012 - fellow at the National University of Singapore, and curated a graphic arts and poetry exhibition I SEE YOU at the Arts House.[13]

2013 - CityRead resident at the London Metroplitan Archives.[13]

2015 - commissioned with artist Yemisi Blake as part of Transport for London’s Year of the Bus celebrations. Their work '100', which featured one hundred one-line poems, was displayed at North Greenwich Bus Station between January and September 2015.[14]

Personal life

Bernard was born and grew up in Croydon, London.[7] Bernard uses the pronouns 'they/ them'.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet out new BFI Flare programmer". BFI. 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "New Editor". Oxford Poetry.
  3. ↑ "Profile: Jay Bernard". The Poetry Society.
  4. ↑ Moore, Fiona (19 September 2016). "Review: The Red and Yellow Nothing by Jay Bernard". Sabotage Reviews.
  5. ↑ Lea, Richard (28 March 2018). "Jay Bernard wins Ted Hughes Award". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Jay Bernard wins Ted Hughes new poetry award". BBC News. 28 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 Armitstead, Claire (5 April 2018). "Interview: Speaking out: Ted Hughes winner Jay Bernard on exploring the New Cross fire in a one-off performance". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Fellow: Jay Bernard". The Royal Society of Literature.
  9. ↑ Bernard, Jay (2017). "How I Did It". Poetry School.
  10. ↑ "About Something Said". Something Said Film.
  11. ↑ "Wasafiri Issue 64". Wasafiri.
  12. ↑ "Previous Artists in Residence". StAnza International Poetry Festival.
  13. 1 2 "Art on the Underground Profile: Jay Bernard".
  14. ↑ "Art on the Underground Project: 100". Art on the Underground.
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