Cathleen
Calbert
English Department
Rhode Island College
600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI 02908
USA
401-456-8678
I am the author of two books of poetry: Lessons in
Space (University of Florida Press) and Bad Judgment
(Sarabande Books). Individually, my poems and stories
have appeared in numerous publications, including Ms.,
The New Republic, The Paris Review, and The Womenıs
Review of Books. I have been awarded the Discovery Prize
from The Nation, the Gordon Barber Memorial Award from
the Poetry Society of America, and a Pushcart Prize.
Currently, I am a Professor of English at Rhode Island
College. My website is www.cathleencalbert.com.
Howard
Camner
10440 S.W. 76th Street, Miami, Florida 33173 USA
phone: (305) 595-9972
website: Howard
Camner
Recognized as the most widely published poet in South
Florida, Camner has published 1,400 poems since 1976. He
also has the distinction of having been the youngest poet
nominated for a Poet Laureateship in the country
(Florida, 1980). Camner currently represents the United
States in the Poet 2000 Sculpted Library exhibition in
Dublin.
Ken Champion
www.kenchampion.org.uk
email: kenchamp@hotmail.co.uk
Ken Champion
…is an
internationally published poet and writer whose work has appeared in
many magazines and anthologies, including
Rialto, Smiths Knoll,
Magma, African American Review
and others too numerous to mention.
He has two pamphlets, African Time
(2002) and Cameo Poly (2004)
published by Tall Lighthouse
and a full collection, But Black
And White Is Better (2008, reprinted 20011). He has had fiction
published in literary journals in the UK and USA
- among them, Bellevue
Literary Review, Tears in the Fence and Hamilton Stone Review. He reads in London and elsewhere, hosts
More Poetry at The Coffee
Shop, E1, runs poetry
workshops and writes reviews for the Tall Lighthouse website.
A selection from
over 250 published poems and fourteen pieces of short fiction can be
found at The Poetry Library and at www.kenchampion.org.uk
Living in London, he lectures in sociology and
philosophy, has worked as a decorator, sign writer, mural painter and
commercial artist.
Steve
Carroll
the spoken word foundation
77 Sneinton Boulevard, Nottingham NG2 4FD
phone: 0115 958 0428
e-mail: steve@theresa76.freeserve.co.uk
31 year old writer of poetry (in various forms) and
short stories. Lived and worked variously.
Performed widely in London and Midlands over last nine
years. Publication in various magazines.
Interests: Eclectic. And football.
Arthur Chappell
E-Mail -
arthur@chappell7300.freeserve.co.uk
Arthur's MY Space blogs -
http://www.myspace.com/56954240.
Website
www.arthurchappell.clara.net/contents.htm
Publications list
http://www.arthurchappell.clara.net/publications.htm
Born in Manchester England on 9/2/1962. Arthur has a degree in
literature and philosophy. He was brainwashed into a cult which he
escaped from
in 1985, . He is a Secular Humanist who writes to prove that he is
more than just a cult victim. He has several articles, poems and
stories in
print as well as his website and has issued a very successful audio CD
of his poetry, called "Bard For Life". He has also produced a book
of poetry and
short stories, "Dreams Take Flight". Arthur is currently, a member
of the Sealed Knot English Civil War Re-enactment Society, which he
serves as a
pikeman on the field of battle.
Mary Charman-Smith
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex,
email;
mabelenglish@hotmail.com
B 1958,
poems include two collections, The Moon the Waves and the Breeze, Leaf
Books, 2008, http://www.leafbooks.co.uk/New/home.html (also listed on
Amazon) ISBN 9781905599479 , and The Day is White, another collection
which has won publication in the Indigo Dreams Press Summer Collection
2009 , to be published later in 2009. Poems have been frequently
published as Poem of the Week in the West Sussex Gazette. The sonnet ‘To
a tree’ appeared in Dawntrader (poetry magazine) June 2009.
http://www.indigodreamspress.co.uk. Mary’s poems have frequently
been placed in competitions. ‘Yellow’ won the Writelink Spring Fever
competition in 2006, Daffodil Harvest was placed in this competition in
2005. The Day is White, was a published entry in the Leaf Books
competition spring 2007 and is in the anthology, Ukraine and Other
Poems, Leaf Books, 2007, ISBN 9781905599387. A number of poems have
appeared in anthologies by United Press over the years. Some have
appeared in Digitally Organic, Earlyworks Press Anthology, ISBN
9780955342967. Her poem Merry go round, was one of the Forward Press
top five poems in January 2008 and she is a featured poet.
http://www.forwardpress.co.uk/b_featured_poets/2009/featured_poets_Mary_Charman-Smith.html
Mary completed the MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University in
2003 and submitted poetry for the dissertation. She currently works as a
tutor on poetry and general writing courses for both The Open College of
the Arts and Writers’ News Home Study.
Debjani
Chatterjee
11 Donnington Road, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, UK S2 2RF
Publications: Poetry collections include: 1) I Was That Woman
(Hippopotamus Press, Frome, 1989; & Writers Workshop, Kolkata,
1997); also published as Cette Femme La.../I Was That Woman, a
bi-lingual edition from L'Harmattan, Paris, 2000. 2) The Sun Rises
in the North (Smith/Doorstop, Huddersfield, 1991). 3) A Little
Bridge (Pennine Pens, Hebden Bridge, 1997). 4) Albino Gecko
(University of Salzburg, Salzburg, 1998). 4) Animal Antics (Pennine
Pens, Hebden Bridge, 2000), a collection for children, illustrated
by the author and with a foreword by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion. 5)
Jade Horse Torso: Poems & Translations (Sixties Press, Sutton,
2003). 6) Namaskar: New & Selected Poems (Redbeck Press, Bradford,
2004). 7) Words Spit & Splinter (Redbeck Press, 2009).
Poetry anthologies edited include: The Redbeck Anthology of British
South Asian Poetry (Redbeck Press, 2000), described in Poetry Review
as being "of historic import". Others include: Northern Poetry Vol.
II (Littlewood Arc, 1991), My Birth Was Not in Vain (Sheffield
Libraries, 2001), Rainbow World: Poems from Many Cultures (Hodder,
2003), Generations of Ghazals: Ghazals by Nasir Kazmi & Basir Sultan
Kazmi (Redbeck Press, 2004), Sixties Press Anthology of Gregory
Fellows' Poetry (Sixties Press, 2004), Masala: Poems from India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (Macmillan, 2005) and Raising their
Voices: Poems by Children in Burngreave (Sahitya Press, 2008). She
has also edited several bilingual anthologies of poetry and prose,
including Barbed Lines (BWSG Book Project, Sheffield, 1990) which
won the first Raymond Williams Community Publishing Prize in 1990.
Her numerous books for children include: The Elephant-Headed God &
Other Hindu Tales (Lutterworth, 1989), selected for Children's Books
of the Year in 1990. She has won prizes in various poetry
competitions including the Lancaster Litfest Open Poetry
Competition, Peterloo Poets Open Poetry competition, Southport
Writers Circle Open Poetry Competition and Muse India Poetry
Translation Competition. Debjani won a Yorkshire & Humberside Arts
Writer's Award in 1995, was awarded an honorary doctorate by
Sheffield Hallam University in 2002, and in 2008 she received an MBE
for services to Literature.
Helen
Clare
85 Park Road, Leyton, London E10 7BZ
website: www.helenaclare.themutual.net
Born 1965. Been writing for several years. Recently
moved to London from the North West of England. Tutor for
Lancaster University, Department of Distance Learning's
on-line Creative Writing Course.
Recently graduated from Lancaster University's MA
programme. Published in Faber's First Pressings, Rialto,
Smoke, The Interpreters House and other small magazines.
Also joint pamphlet, "What a Performance"
with John Carley and Christine Potter. Won prizes in
Lancaster Litfest and Yorkshire Open Poetry Competition.
Besides writing, I have an unhealthy interest in cricket,
food and classical music (I play the recorder).
Mandy
Coe
website - www.mandycoe.com
Mandy Coe's work has been featured on Woman's Hour,
Poetry Please and BBC television and published in the
Radio Times, The Guardian and 101 Poems to Save
Your Life (Harper Collins). Her collections include
Pinning the Tail on the Donkey (Spike 2000) and The
Weight of Cows (Shoestring Press 2005), a poem from
which is included in the Forward Book of Poetry 2005.
Her work for children is anthologised by Oxford
University Press, Pearson Education and Bloomsbury and
her latest book, co-written with poet Jean Sprackland is,
'Our thoughts are bees: Writers Working with
Schools (Wordplay Press 2005) can be ordered at www.wordplaypress.com
Mandy is based in the North West. Her last community
project at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the 2004
International Poetry Festival. She is available for
readings and workshops.
Jez
Colclough
Ivy Cottage, Lymes Rd., Butterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Staffordshire. ST5 4DR, UK
Email: jezcolclough@justso.fsnet.co.uk
Website: http://www.justso.fsnet.co.uk/
Born Jeremy David Colclough, 1973,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Graduated
with a 1st Class Hon's in English & Drama from St.
Martins College, Lancaster in 1995. Currently completing
MA in Creative Writing at Bretton Hall. His poetry has
been published by Staple New Writing and Framework
Press. He was placed 3rd (Joint) in the Northern
New Writers Award for poetry 1997. While living in
Barnsley in 1996 he became a member of the Pennine Poets
and is currently the assistant editor of the Pennine
Platform.
Geraldine
Collinge
Apples and Snakes
Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
phone: 0171 924 3410
fax: 0171 924 3763
Programmer at Battersea Arts Centre, developing live
literature programme as well as theatre. Director Apples
and Snakes 1998 onwards. Freelance theatre producer.
Interests: Live literature, theatre, cinema, food
Bob
Cooper
16 Windsor Crescent, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough TS7 0AN
phone: 01642 315431
Author of five collections of poems: Bruised
Echoes (Outposts, 1977), Light From The
Upper Left (Smith Doorstop, 1994), Beyond
Liathach (Tears In The Fence, 1995), Drinking
Up Time (Redbeck Press, 1997) and The Ideal
Overcoat (Jackson's Arm, 1998). He has also
written Making Poems, A Guidebook
(Incredible Press, 1999).
He has had articles published in Epworth Review, has
contributed articles to local and weekly newspapers, and
written about fell-running, rock-climbing, and
mountaineering for various outdoor journals and
magazines.
He has won numerous Poetry Prizes including The Poetry
Business Pamphlet Competition (in 1993/94), The Tears In
The Fence Pamphlet Competition (in 1994/95), the Redbeck
Press Pamphlet Competition (in 1996/97), and then the
Jackson's Arm Pamphlet Competition and the Dulwich
Festival Competition in 1998.
As far as he's aware, only Drinking Up Time,
his Redbeck Press Pamphlet, is still available.
He regularly performs his work and also works as a
more-or-less freelance creative writing tutor, teaching
adults and/or children.
Jon
Corelis
website:
http://sites.google.com/site/jcorelis
Jon Corelis was born
in California and grew up in and around Chicago, where he earned a
degree in Classical Languages and Literatures at the College of the
University of Chicago. He later took a doctorate in Classics at
Stanford, and taught Classics and Humanities at Stanford, the
University of California, and the University of Minnesota. After a
subsequent career as a software specialist in Silicon Valley, he moved
to Northeastern Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife, Suzanne Mills.
His poetry, criticism, essays, reviews, and translations have been
published in books, magazines, newspapers, and web sites in eight
countries, and he has given lectures and readings by invitation in
America and Europe. Recently he has been composing songs (including
musical settings for famous poems of the past) and instrumental
arrangements of Celtic folk music. For more information, please see his
web site at
http://sites.google.com/site/jcorelis
Paulo da
Costa
website:
Published in
literary magazines in Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand,
Portugal, Brazil, Ireland, India, Sweden, CZ and France.
General Editor w/ filling Station, a Canadian Literary
Magazine.
Recipient of an Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant.
(1998)
Recipient of a Canada Council Grant (1999) to assist in
the completion of the manuscript, "The Scent
of a Lie".
Sylvie
Cox
Organisation: Castle Poets (Rochester)
26 Burleigh Close, Rochester, Kent ME2 3TQ
Retired now to spend more time writing. A very
coloured childhood and early life prompts me to be a
rather 'nostalgic' writer. Born in Sidcup, Kent moved to
The Medway Towns on marriage in 1954 to a Rochester boy.
Several poems published in anthologies. Three books to
date, all completely sold out, 'Inky Fingers'
'Intimate Frillies' and the last one in 2000 'Bridging
The Millennium'. Book number four should be ready
early 2002.
Tony
(The Crow) Crowther
website:
Since 1993 I've had approx 16 poems published in
various anthologies, I was also involved with a Celtic
Folk Rock Band, I was the writer of the only track we
laid down in studio.
Enjoy playing the Recorder and Bodhran, as much as I
enjoy my writing. I attend at the local folk club most
weeks, and try out my new poems on the poor unsuspecting
souls. I also spend far to much time sat at my PC.
Poetic Licence is an anthology of verse, by
Tony (The Crow) Crowther. It is a mixture of emotions, on
many levels. Please Enjoy.
Cathy Cullis
Website http://www.herebedragons.co.uk/slipstream/
http://wordswork.net/ivy/
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Born November 1969 in Perivale, Middlesex. Has since
lived in Middlesex, Dorset, Arizona USA and Hampshire.
She now lives in Cambridge and is working on new poems
and garden writing. She holds a BA Hons English with Art
from Brunel University. MA Creative Writing Bath College.
Received an Eric Gregory Award from The Society of
Authors 1996. Winner of the 1998 Flarestack pamphlet
competition. Poems published in a variety of magazines
including: The Rialto, Seam, Poetry Wales, Obsessed
With Pipework.
Co-editor of Slipstream
magazine with Helen Knibb.
Also fiction writer. Work published in magazines and
short story anthology The Catch (Serpents
Tail) 1997
Currently seeking a fellow poet for collaborative
project. Must be experienced with work published and have
email access. Project open to discussion, according to
shared interests. Purpose to stretch and work on
strengths and weaknesses. If interested please email me!
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