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George Berguño is a writer of surrealist fables and apocryphal tales. Originally from Chile, he has led a nomadic existence, living and working in the Americas, France, Austria and Russia. He currently lives in London and teaches psychology at university.

Isabel Bermudez was born in Bogota and grew up in England. She writes short stories and poetry and teaches languages. She is married and lives in Kent.

Stephen Devereux was born in Suffolk, and worked in factories and on farms until going to UEA. Since then he has taught in the North West. He has published poetry in many magazines, including: Acumen, Carillon, Chimera, Coffee House, Envoi, Iota, The Interpreter’s House, The Journal, Obsessed with Pipework, Other Poetry, Poetry Salzburg Review and The SHOp.

John Feakins grew up in London and spent thirty five years teaching English. In the last five years he has been entering competitions and has won several runners-up prizes. He would like to write novels and short stories.

David Foster-Morgan lives and works in Cardiff. His poetry has been published in Poetry Wales, Smiths Knoll, Envoi, Skald and
The Interpreter’s House. He can be heard reading a few of his poems at www.poetcasting.co.uk.

Alan M Kent was born in Cornwall and lectures in literature for the Open University in South-West Britain and at the University of Coruna in Galicia. He writes poetry, prose, drama and criticism in Cornish and in English. His latest collection is Druid Offsetting.

Matt Merritt’s debut chapbook, Making The Most Of The Light, was published in 2005 by HappenStance Press, and a full collection is to be published by Arrowhead Press in 2008. He lives near Leicester, and blogs at http://polyolbion.blogspot.com

Mary Michaels’ collection, The Shape of the Rock (Sea Cow, 2003), was featured in the ‘Alternative Next Generation’ list in 2005. A book of prose fictions, My Life in Films, appeared from The Other Press in 2006. Her seventh poetry pamphlet, Caret Mark, is forthcoming from Hearing Eye.

Christopher North’s first collection, A Mesh of Wires, was short-listed for the Forward Prize in 1999. He and his wife Marisa run writing courses and retreats at Almassera Vella, in the mountains north of Alicante (oldolivepress.com). He is currently engaged in writing a monograph on the Poet’s Notebook. He won the Silver Wyvern at The Poetry on the Lake Festival last year.

K B Jonas Östman Axfeldt is a poet and writer. For the last 17 years he has lived in Uppsala in Sweden, but in his youth he lived for a year in Notting Hill in London.

Robert Pateman is a teacher by profession and a writer from passion. His published CV includes short stories, magazine articles and children’s books. His interest in poetry was reawakened by the comradeship of the Kuwait Writers Group.

Charlotte Runcie is 18 and lives in Edinburgh. She has previously had poems published in journals including Magma and Mimesis, and tall-lighthouse will be publishing her first pamphlet in summer 2009. She co-edits the poetry ezine Pomegranate.me.uk.

Michael Spring came to writing late, after working in marketing for many years and lately in corporate design. Now, he helps to run a small firm in west London. He’s had short fiction and poetry published and read in the US, Canada and Ireland as well as in the UK. He also reviews Fringe theatre, which – he believes – plays a large part in making London the world capital of culture.

Ruth Valentine has published three short collections and one full-length, The Tide Table (Slow Dancer, 1998). Her poem 'Powerpoint' was commended in the 2007 National Poetry Competition. A prose piece, 'Stalking the Tiger', features in London, City of Disappearances, edited by Iain Sinclair. She lives in London.