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Max Aniane lives near Montpellier in the south of France. She has an MA in contemporary literature in English and is a member of Lumineuse, a group of women writers, writing in English and living in France. As Fiona Dunscombe she also writes poetry, short stories and radio plays and in February this year she won The Dundee International Book Prize for her first novel The Triple Point of
Water (Polygon).

Ruth O’Callaghan, a winner in International Poetry competitions, hosts three poetry venues in London and is frequently invited to read both in the U.K. and abroad. Her work, which is published in anthologies and magazines, has been translated into Italian and Romanian. A competition adjudicator, inteviewer and reviewer, she has also been a reader/compere at Richmond's Book Now Literary Festival. Her collection Where Acid Has Etched (bluechrome) was published in June 2007.

Rhonda Carrier has lived in Paris, where she studied Modern Literature at the Sorbonne, and the Charente-maritime. As well as having short fiction published in a variety of anthologies, she is the author of several travel guides, including Frommer’s Normandy with Your Family and Brittany with Your Family.

Michael Curtis has performed across Europe at numerous events. In 2006, his first children’s book was published in the Isle of Man and his most recent collection of poems Taking Shape was published by Maison de Poesie Nord/Pas de Calais.

Barbara Dordi's poetry has been published in magazines, anthologies and on the Internet. Her most recent collection Entre-Deux is written in English and translated into French. She has edited Equinox - A Poetry Journal - for the last 8 years (www.poetrymagazines.org).

Val Doyle is a retired journalist who has published two collections of poems, Paperbacks with Chips in Bell Street and A Pause in Time.

Ann Drysdale has been a visiting lecturer at Cardiff University and UWE Bristol. She is the author of four poetry collections published by Peterloo, her most recent, Between Dryden and Duffy: Another Collection was launched in autumn 2005. Her acclaimed book of prose and poetry Three-three, two-two, five-six was published by Cinnamon Press in April this year.

Barry Elphick studied at Kingston School of Art before beginning a
career in graphic design when he had his own studio in Covent Garden, London. He and his wife Emmy set up a business creating educational works for children and greetings cards. Their creations have been shown in the Design Centre, London, the NEC Birmingham and at exhibition centres in New York and Frankfurt.

Emmy Elphick was born in Germany and studied at the Victoria Faschule then St. Martin’s College of Art, London where she eventually became a tutor. Since retiring, the couple have taken inspiration from their travels from Europe to the Orient, Emmy’s work in oils and watercolours eventually taking on an Impressionistic style. Her paintings have been reproduced by Medici publications. Emmy and Barry now divide their time between their homes in England and the south of France.

June Hall, a former book editor with Faber and Faber, lives and works in Bath. She has been published in magazines and anthologies and in 2005 she won the Torbay Festival Poetry Challenge. She read at that festival and at a number of other events following publication by Belgrave Press of her first collection, The Now of Snow, in 2004. She is currently working towards a second collection.

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).

Fred Johnston has published eight collections of poetry, two novels, three plays and a collection of short stories. He teaches creative writing at Galway university and founded Galway’s annual literature festival. His radio pieces on Brittany were broadcast in 2006. He is currently translating the poems of Breton based poet, Colette Wittorski.

Geraldine Paine trained as an actress then became a specialist
teacher/lecturer and a published author (Heinemann Medical). In 2000 she gained an M.Phil in Writing at the University of Glamorgan. Her poems are published in the 2007 anthology Shape Sifting as well as in a variety of British poetry magazines including The Rialto and Magma. She is a founder- member of Scatterlings, the poetry group which reads in London and Kent.

Lynne Rees is the author of a collection of poetry, Learning How to Fall, and co-author of Messages, a volume of short experimental prose. Her first novel, The Oven House, will be published this year by Bluechrome.

Claudie Rolland is the president of the Cultural Association of Alaigne, a village near Carcassonne in the south of France where she runs a monthly poetry group and conducts the village choir. She is also a talented watercolourist, prize-winning poet, and author of the illustrated Si Alaigne m’était conté , a comprehensive history Alaigne, one of the ancient circulades – villages of the bas Razès which evolved in the 12th century, surrounding the castle of the seigneur.

Sue Rose is a freelance literary translator living in Kent. Her work has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies. She has been specially commended in the National Poetry Competition and was one of the runnersup in the 2007 Peterloo Competition. In 2004, she completed an MPhil in Writing at the University of Glamorgan under Gillian Clarke. She is a cofounder of Scatterlings, a group formed in 2004 to give readings in the Southeast and beyond.

Beth Somerford has had poems accepted for publication in Magma, Equinox, Obsessed by Pipework, Iota and The Cannon’s Mouth. She is a member of the Cannon poets. She lives in Warwickshire but visits France regularly. Beth is currently working on her first novel.