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About
A heartfelt welcome to all aspiring readers to Percy Panda's website.
The author's name is Anthony Gapper, who currently resides in Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, Ireland.
The author's wife is Laura, & their three daughters, Erin, Caitlin & Megan, and son, Ryan, Mother-in-Law, Sheila, & the family cat, Thimble.
Biography
Author publications: poetry, flash fiction, articles, letters, puzzles, & children's chapter book.
Cause poem publications
Enfield Friends of the Earth, 1990s, & The Enfield Independent, 2016, concerning the felling of a two-hundred year old cedar tree.
North West London Newspapers, 1994, The closure of Camden Town’s listed building & arthouse cinema, The Plaza, where the author’s Uncle Peter, & work colleagues were made redundant. The author's poem & narrative voted letter of the week.
Postgraduate Degree
The author gained a Masters in Writing at NUI, Galway, 2015, participating in the Slam Poetry Finals, during The Cuirt International Festival of Literature, Galway, 2015.
Further publications
The Galway Review, poetry, 2015; Creative Writing Ink, flash fiction & poetry, 2014-2015; Interflora’s Little E-Book of Romantic Verse, 2015; Sin Newspaper (NUI, Galway), puzzles & poetry, 2015; Haiku poetry, 2023; Writing.ie., Percy Panda article, 2024; Tacu Ballinrobe Family Resource Centre, Percy Panda article, 2024; The Mayo News, Percy Panda article, 2024; Amazon KDP, Percy Panda e-book & paperback, 2024; Mayo Volunteer Centre, poem, 2024.

Percy's Story
Originally inspired by the author’s wife, Laura, who owned a small, toy panda bear when she was a young child.
The author reimagined himself as Percy Panda, immersing his own personality and character into this new and exciting role. And so a magical story slowly began to unfold, where Percy Panda was brought to life by his Fairy Godmother.
I hope my readers enjoy reading Percy Panda, as much as the author loved writing it.
Humble Beginnings
As a small child, the author truly missed his Mother, Mary, when she worked late shifts at the TL & R Club, Tottenham. It became the driver to handwrite verse, letters and stories for the very first time.
