Welcome to my site.

My new poetry booklet ‘Safe Passage’ is published by the exciting new small press, White Leaf Press.
You can buy it for £3.00 from:
White Leaf Press,
W H Smith or
Amazon.co.uk (includes sourcing charge).

Since 1998 I've had over 50 poems published in small press magazines and journals, including Envoi, European Judaism, Iota, Jewish Renaissance, The New Shetlander, Obsessed with Pipework, Orbis, Other Poetry, and in the following anthologies: Reactions 3 (pen&inc, 2002), Writing on Water (Ragged Raven Press, 2005), Reverie (Norwich Writers' Circle, 2006).

My poems have been placed in these competitions: Amnesty International Reading Competition 2003, writers inc. Writers-of-the-Year Competition 2005, Norwich Writers' Circle Open Poetry Competition 2006. I've read at various places around the country, including the Poetry Café in London, and at a recent festival in Camberwell.

I've also had some poetry published online, including www.bloc-online.com, Henry Gee's Liberal Judaism website; for the BBC's ‘Appetite’ writing competition; Quill&Ink; and White Leaf Review.

My booklet A braid of words was published in 2003 by Poetry Monthly Press; it received good reviews. I've also written some poetic prose, Commuter Diary, which evolved out of my long-standing interest in journal writing and my frequent journeys by public transport.

In 2005 I received an MA in Creative Writing and Personal Development from Sussex University, and have recently worked as a tutor for the Open College of the Arts. There is more biographical information about me on the excellent Poetry Kit site, which has kindly given me a link. I also post regular news of current publications and readings.

I was born in Hainault, Essex, in 1969, and grew up in various parts of Kent and Essex. Currently, I live happily with my partner in Middlesex, a short walk from the Thames; being by the sea or a river inspires me to write.

To get in touch, email me at:  joannaezekiel@yahoo.co.uk
I also have a blog, www.mydelayedreactions.blogspot.com