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# Richie McCaffery

(1986)   Writer

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Richie McCaffery is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Richie McCaffery

Born January 1, 1986

Profession Writer

## About Richie McCaffery

English poet... \| Richie McCaffery is an English poet born in Newcastle who lived in Ghent, Belgium until 2018. He now resides in the UK in Northumberland. He was a 2011 Hawthornden fellow at Hawthornden Castle, a writer in residence at Brownsbank for the Biggar Trust and a recipient of a 2009 Edwin Morgan Travel Bur

##  Quotes by Richie McCaffery

> [“In the chalky trough under the blackboard are lessons dusted and already forgotten. The teacher is squawking away once more, scratching into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-mccaffery/in-the-chalky-trough-under-the-blackboard-are-lessons-dusted-and/)

Richie McCaffery

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