six things: Matthew Stewart

Matthew Stewart

About Matthew

Matthew Stewart was born in Farnham, Surrey, in 1973. Following a comprehensive school education, he took a degree in modern languages at St Peter’s College, Oxford. He has lived in Extremadura, Spain, for the past fifteen years, where he works as the export manager and blender for a local winery. His poems have been widely published in UK magazines and [ . . . ]

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six things: WN Herbert

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About WN Herbert

WN Herbert was born in Dundee in 1961. He’s published numerous books of poetry, mostly with Bloodaxe, and edited several anthologies. He is also a critic and (with a great deal of help) a translator. He lives in North Shields on the mouth of the River Tyne, and teaches Creative Writing at Newcastle University. Forthcoming books include Jade Ladder, [ . . . ]

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six things: Jaclyn Moriarty

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About Jaclyn

Jaclyn Moriarty is the prize-winning, best-selling author of novels for young adults and adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia and The Year of Secret Assignments. Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, lived in England, the US, and Canada, and now lives in Sydney again. She is very fond of chocolate, blueberries, and sleep.

Jaclyn’s website: www.jaclynmoriarty.com

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six things: John McCullough

John McCullough

About John

John McCullough’s poetry has appeared in publications including London Magazine, The Guardian, The Rialto, Poetry London and Magma. He teaches creative writing at the Open University and the University of Sussex. His first collection is The Frost Fairs (Salt, 2011).

John’s website: www.johnmccullough.co.uk

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six things: Jon Stone

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About Jon

Jon Stone was born in Derby and lives in Whitechapel. He is co-creator of micro-anthology publishers Sidekick Books and arts magazine Fuselit, as well as various collaborative live events in London. He was highly commended in the National Poetry Competition 2009, the same year his debut pamphlet, Scarecrows, was published by Happenstance. A full collection, School of Forgery, is due [ . . . ]

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six things: Pamela Robertson-Pearce

Pamela Robertson-Pearce

About Pamela

Pamela was born in Stockholm, Sweden and now lives in Northumberland, UK.

She has a BFA in film and video from St Martin’s School of Art, London, where she studied with Malcolm Le Grice, and an MA in Theatre Arts from Emerson College, Boston, USA, where she studied with Kristin Linklater.

Pamela is a filmmaker and artist, a visiting lecturer [ . . . ]

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six things: Sridala Swami

Sridala Swami

About Sridala

Sridala Swami trained to be a film editor, but gave that up more than ten years ago. She has taught cinema and yoga and has conducted workshops in creative writing and film appreciation. Sridala’s first collection of poems is A Reluctant Survivor (India: Sahitya Akademi, 2007, rp 2008). Some of her poems can be found online at Asian Cha, Desilit, [ . . . ]

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six things: Tony Linde

Tony Linde

About Tony

Tony writes:

“I’m a retired IT project manager, Australian, but native of UK for over thirty years, living in East Midlands with wife and daughter. Now trying to write poetry & SF stories, draw & paint and take/improve/alter/mutate my own photographs.”

Tony’s website: www.tonylinde.com

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