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Nicole Lemaire d'Agaggio was born in Nice but now lives in Paris and Antibes. She obtained a Doctorate in 'Relations between Sciences and Arts' at the Sorbonne and has illustrated several books on this topic edited by Flammarion, Hachette, Leonardo and Presses Universitaires de France. In the 70s she invented a new artistic technique, 'Polychromic Draped' and during this time she published her first book of poetry Eclats de Soleil. In 1979 she founded the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities.

Stephanie Allen-Early was brought up in Dublin, then worked as a nurse. After studying at Essex University she became Monitoring Officer for UNICEF in former Yugoslavia where she had direct experience of ethnic conflict. This experience forms the basis of a memoir currently being completed - The Forty Children of Vukovar. She is the author of an M. Phil study of Women's Health in Brazil.

Rhonda Carrier studied French language, literature and culture at the universities of Cambridge and the Sorbonne. She spent 10 years working in London as a writer and editor for guides and listings magazines, as well as producing award winning short fiction. She now divides her time between France and Manchester.

Roy Cockcroft has now returned to his native Yorkshire - starting a new life as a writer and painter - both inspired by the Wolds and the Yorkshire coast.

Barbara Dordi has been published in magazines, anthologies and on the Internet. Her most recent collection of poems, Entre-Deux is written in English and translated into French. She founded Equinox - A Poetry Journal - in 1990, editing the magazine since its inception. (www.poetrymagazines.org).

Iain Dryden grew up speaking Swahili in the wilds of Kenya. He came to England as a young man and qualified as a teacher. An inveterate traveller, he worked in the Maldives for VSO and subsequently became a freelance writer and artist, writing materials about the third world for the BBC. He has recently completed a novel about his experiences living in an Ariège village.

Russi Dordi is a prize-winning painter and sculptor who works in a variety of media. He exhibits regularly in the UK and in France. He illustrates novels and poetry and is the designer and illustrator of Equinox - A Poetry Journal.

Barry Elphick studied art at the School of Art, Kingston before beginning a career as a graphic designer working in his own studio in Covent Garden.Since retirement, he produces work in pastels, watercolour and oils. He is a member of the East Kent Art Society and his work can be seen in galleries in the South-East.

Patrick Early recently retired from the British Council having worked in Latin America, the Arab world and the Balkans. He has published poems in Irish, English and Brazilian journals, including Goldfish (2005), the anthology of the School of Creative Writing at Goldsmith's, London and more recently in the Enitharmon Poetry School Anthology I am Twenty People (2007). Patrick and Stephanie divide their time between London and their prebytère in Seignalens, Aude.

Wendy French is former head of the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School, where she promoted an arts based curriculum as she believes in the healing power of the arts. She is registered for a D.Phil at Sussex University under the supervision of Prof. Peter Abbs. She is joint editor of two anthologies of young people’s poetry, Dog Bark, and What’s Your Problem? (both published by Rockingham Press) She has two pamphlet collections published, Sky over Bedlam and We Have a little Sister and She Hath No Breasts. Her short play for voices, Hobby Horse, is currently being performed in venues around the South East. Her first full poetry collection Splintering the Dark was published in January 2005 by Rockingham Press.

Graham High is the editor of Blithe Spirit, the Journal of the British Haiku Society. He represented Britain at the Inaugural European Haiku Conference in Germany in 2005. In 2000 Wolf on the Third Floor, a collection of poems based on his experiences in Russia, where he lived for some time, appeared from New Hope International. His activities as a sculptor and painter have resulted in many public commissions.Graham’s interests in poetry and in sculpture are currently coming together in a new series of bronze portraits of contemporary British poets.

Norton Hodges has a PhD in Language and Literacy in education.He has worked as an adult literacy tutor, exam invigilator and book reviewer. His poetry has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies worldwide. His work has been translated into French, Bulgarian, Russian and Urdu. He was recently invited to join the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters.

Nigel Humphreys is published widely in poetry journals and anthologies. In 2006 he won two National Poetry competitions, was invited to read his work at the Hay-on-Wye Festival, the Edinburgh Festival and Shrewsbury. His first collection of poetry, The Hawk’s Mewl has just been published by Arbor Vitae Press, London(www.nigelhumphreyspoet.com).

Ursula Hurley teaches Creative Writing and English Literature at the University of Salford. She is currently completing a doctorate, comprising a novel with critical discourses. She has recently contributed to How to Write Fiction (and think about it) ed Robert Graham (Palgrave, 2007) and Everything You Need to Know About Creative Writing (but knowing isn't everything) ed Heather Leach and Robert Graham (Continuum, 2007). She was the featured poet in the August 2007 edition of the journal Erbacce (www.erbacce.com).

Valerie Josephs studied Fine Art in London, Chicago and Glasgow. Her poems have been published in magazines and anthologies including The Virago Book of Christmas (2003), Gobby Deegan’s Risposte (Donut Press, 2004), and I am twenty people! (Enitharmon - A third anthology from The Poetry School ) and also in a pamphlet, Green Minx (Lizard’s Leg Press, 2005).

Judy Kendall is Lecturer in Creative Writing in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at The University of Salford, Greater Manchester. She is a poet, playwright and digital poet. She also translates, collaboratively, from Japanese and Frisian. One of the poems from her first collection of poetry The Drier the Brighter was selected for the Forward Book of Poetry (2007), a collection of the best poems of the year from the Forward Poetry Prizes, and The Drier The Brighter has been nominated in the Best First Collection category. Her current projects include a book for Enitharmon Press on Edward Thomas's letters to Walter de la Mare; a book for the Welsh University Press on Edward Thomas’s composing processes; a collection of poems about climbing; production of a translated Japanese kyogen play; collaborative translation of a series of Frisian sonnets; and a paper on gender in collaborative translation.

Debra Moffitt has been a resident on the Riviera since 1986 and now spends part of the year in the U.S. Her short story 'Depression Glass' was broadcast on the BBC world Services Radio and other work has appeared in Venture Inward, The European. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in magazines and journals on both sides of the Atlantic. See website for more at: www.debramoffitt.com

Hugh Nicklin comes from the south west Midlands and worked as a History teacher in Comprehensive and Grammar schools from 1965 to 1990. Outraged by the Thatcherite National Curriculum in History he preserved his independence by teaching History, Latin and Religious Studies in a prep school until he retired to France in 2004. Missing the classroom he has recently returned to teach International Baccalaureate History in Bombay, and has just been appointed to teach A Level History at the Britannica International School in Belgrade.

Geraldine Paine originally trained as an actress and later became a teacher, lecturer and published writer (Heinemann Medical). In 2000 she gained an M.Phil in Writing from Glamorgan. Since then her poems have been published in magazines and anthologies. She is preparing her first collection for publication.As a founder-member of the poetry group, Scatterlings, she has read her work at the Canterbury Festival, and at various places in Kent, plus, solo in London at The Poetry Café and The Troubadour.

Sue Rose is a literary translator living in Kent. She is currently working on a novel by Nicolas Fargues for Pushkin Press. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies and she completed an MPhil in Writing at Glamorgan University under Gillian Clarke in 2004. Her first poetry collection, The Dark Room, will be published by Bluechrome in October 2008. She is a founder member of Scatterlings, the Kent-based poetry group.

Robert Seatter has published two poetry collections: Travelling to the Fish Orchards and On the Beach with Chet Baker (both published by Seren), following inclusion in Anvil New Poets 3 (2000). He has won many awrds and nominations for his poetry including National Poetry Competition, London Poetry, Forward Poetry Prize, Tabla, and Housman Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in varied publications and magazines, as well as on TV, radio, and even the London buses. He lives in London where he works for the BBC, following earlier careers in publishing, acting and teaching.

Anne Stewart is the founder of poetry p f, which includes the poetry p f imprint. She also provides services to poets and other organisations, working with them on a variety of projects. She is the Poetry Society's 'Kent North West' Stanza Rep, Vice-President of Shortlands Poetry Circle and an administrator for Second Light Network. She co-edited (with Dilys Wood) the pre-launch issue of ARTEMISpoetry, the new biannual journal of Second Light Network, and is the designer and editor of their new web-site, SecondLightLive. She was the visiting poet at a London care-centre for two and a half years. Anne has an MA in Creative Writing from Sheffield Hallam University. She was selected for inclusion in the Ten Hallam Poets anthology (Mews Press 2005).