New Canadian poet and writer

Pamela Bakker's first poetry collection A Web of Cries was published by Pipers' Ash Ltd as their 'Poet of the Season' in 2002. Pamela won out over stiff competition to be the first Canadian featured in the series. It is a deeply moving collection expressing her thoughts and feelings about her childhood, her family and her illness.

In her first public interview, given on BBC Radio Lincolnshire with Alan Hardwick on 15th October 2002, she discussed her poetry and her illness. The interview has aroused further interest in this talented new writer.

Pamela was also a semi-finalist in The International Poetry Contest, sponsored by Poetry.com. As well, in October 2002, she was one of Interaction's winners in their annual poetry competition. In May 2003 she was a featured poet by Forward Press. Her most recent poem 'Hurry Up Please' has just been published by Anchor Books (2006).

Pamela suffers from M.E. (or C.F.S.) but has over the last five years made great progress, although she still has not fully recovered. Her gift for poetry has been a recent discovery and borne miraculously from the pain of her eight-year struggle with M.E and her deeply challenging childhood.

Pamela is currently working on her first novel As Darkness Falls and another poetry collection