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David Floyd was born in north London in
1980. His debut pamphlet War in the
Playground was published by Hearing Eye
in 2003. He is currently experimenting with
a variety of recipes for flapjacks. David
started writing poetry at the age of 14 in
an attempt to find love but, nearly ten
years on, he still hasn't succeeded and is
contemplating giving up and becoming a
Catholic priest. He has performed poetry in
venues across London, a couple of which
have invited him back. David is a columnist
for The Morning Star newspaper and a
Director of a creative agency called Social
Spider. His favourite band is the emerging
Tottenham-based grunge people, Chimanko.

Jacqueline Gabbitas was born in
Worksop in Nottinghamshire. She is the
administrator of The Poetry School, a
poetry advisor on the WriteWords website
and was a poetry judge on the 2004
Koestler Awards. She has an MA in Writing
from Sheffield Hallam University and has
had poems and articles published in various
magazines. Her work has been translated
into Polish and German. She is one of the
30 poets in The Poetry School anthology,
Entering The Tapestry (Enitharmon, 2003).
She loves otters, and whenever she finds
the time visits the Chestnut Centre, Otter
Sanctuary in Derbyshire.

Louisa Hooper has a degree in English
Literature, an MA in Creative Writing,
a dislike for biographical notes and a
passion for meringues! Published in various
magazines and a winner in the Barnet
Open Poetry Competition 2001, she has
lived and taught English in Japan and the
UK. She now works in publishing in
London, where she was recently involved in
the production of the poetry anthology
Wild Reckoning: An anthology provoked
by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, edited
by John Burnside and Maurice Riordan.
[Fantastic book – everyone should buy a
copy! – Ed]

Martin Parker was born in North
Nottinghamshire and studied photography
at Napier University in Edinburgh. He did
his MA (Fine Art) at Central Saint Martins,
London. He is an artist and drummer, and
has installed sound pieces in exhibitions in
Sheffield, Edinburgh, London and Poznan,
Poland. He currently plays in two bands,
Friends and Sergeant Buzfuz. He has been
working as a graphic designer since 1997
and specialises in education and the arts.
Organisations he has worked with include
Tate Modern, Norwood, The Poetry School,
Poetry London and Hearing Eye Press.

Tina Tse was born in Hong Kong and
brought up in England. She studied French
and History at the University of Wales, Cardiff,
as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris. Currently
working as an Information Officer, she
obtained an MA in Library and Information
Studies at University College London where
she submitted a dissertation on information
sources for refugees. She is fluent in French
and Cantonese. She has an active interest in
current affairs and human rights, and her
main hobbies are eating and reading.