Patrick Chapman is an Irish poet, author and scriptwriter born in 1968. He lives in Dublin. His poetry collections are Jazztown, (Raven Arts Press, 1991), The New Pornography, (Salmon Poetry, 1996) and Breaking Hearts And Traffic Lights, (Salmon Poetry, October 2007). His fourth collection is forthcoming from BlazeVOX. His collection of stories is The Wow Signal, (Bluechrome, 2007). He wrote the Doctor Who audio drama, "Fear of the Daleks", (Big Finish, 2007), starring Wendy Padbury as Zoe and Nicholas Briggs as the Daleks. Mark J. Thompson directed.
Chapman's first film script, Burning The Bed, was based on his published short story, which appeared in The Irish Times in 2001. It was directed by Denis McArdle in 2003 for Songway Films/Fantastic Films; and starred Gina McKee and Aidan Gillen. Burning The Bed was a prizewinner at the 2004 Worldfest film festival in Houston, Texas, and was named Best Narrative Short at the DeadCenter film festival in Oklahoma City.
Toxin, based on his published poem, was an experimental short directed in 2004 by Denis McArdle. It is a co-production of Songway Films and Aphasia and was released on DVD in 2006.
Chapman's short story, A Ghost, won first prize in the story category of the 2003 Cinescape Genre Literary Contest.
In 2001, he collaborated with the artist Gemma Tipton on an acclaimed series of art exhibitions and a book, The Foot Series. This featured photographic works by Tipton, with text by Chapman.
In 2004, he appeared as himself in a self-penned cameo in the radio play, "The SIlver-Tongued Devil", written and produced by Roger Gregg for Crazy Dog Audio Theatre. The play was broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.
In 2005, Louise Jameson performed a version of his poem, Sea of Tranquillity, adapted for her by the author, on the MJTV disc, The Actor Speaks 5: Louise Jameson.
Along with the novelist and poet Philip Casey, he co-created Irish Literary Revival, which presents out-of-print works by Irish or Ireland-related authors, with their participation.
Bibliography
Poetry (full collections)
Jazztown (Raven Arts Press, 1991) The New Pornography (Salmon Poetry, 1996) Breaking Hearts and Traffic Lights (Salmon Poetry, 2007) A Shopping Mall on Mars (forthcoming)
Poetry (chapbooks)
Touchpaper Star (Lapwing, 2004) Cicatrice (Lapwing, 2006) American Singularity (BlazeVOX ebook, 2006)
Fiction
The Wow Signal (Bluechrome, 2007)
Film
Burning the Bed (Songway Films/Fantastic Films, 2003) Toxin (poem adapted for film – Songway/Aphasia, 2004)
Audio Play
Doctor Who: Fear of the Daleks (Big Finish, 2007)