Weekly ‘six things’ feature
About WN Herbert WN Herbert was born in Dundee in 1961. He’s published numerous books of poetry, mostly with Bloodaxe, and edited several anthologies. He is also a critic and (with a great deal of help) a translator. He lives in North Shields on the mouth of the River Tyne,…
About Jaclyn Jaclyn Moriarty is the prize-winning, best-selling author of novels for young adults and adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia and The Year of Secret Assignments. Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, lived in England, the US, and Canada, and now lives in Sydney again. She is very fond of…
About John John McCullough’s poetry has appeared in publications including London Magazine, The Guardian, The Rialto, Poetry London and Magma. He teaches creative writing at the Open University and the University of Sussex. His first collection is The Frost Fairs (Salt, 2011). John’s website: www.johnmccullough.co.uk • One thing that’s always…
About Jon Jon Stone was born in Derby and lives in Whitechapel. He is co-creator of micro-anthology publishers Sidekick Books and arts magazine Fuselit, as well as various collaborative live events in London. He was highly commended in the National Poetry Competition 2009, the same year his debut pamphlet, Scarecrows,…
About Pamela Pamela was born in Stockholm, Sweden and now lives in Northumberland, UK. She has a BFA in film and video from St Martin’s School of Art, London, where she studied with Malcolm Le Grice, and an MA in Theatre Arts from Emerson College, Boston, USA, where she studied…
About Sridala Sridala Swami trained to be a film editor, but gave that up more than ten years ago. She has taught cinema and yoga and has conducted workshops in creative writing and film appreciation. Sridala’s first collection of poems is A Reluctant Survivor (India: Sahitya Akademi, 2007, rp 2008).…
About Tony Tony writes: “I’m a retired IT project manager, Australian, but native of UK for over thirty years, living in East Midlands with wife and daughter. Now trying to write poetry & SF stories, draw & paint and take/improve/alter/mutate my own photographs.” Tony’s website: www.tonylinde.com • One thing that’s…
About Polly Polly Clark is a poet. Her three collections from Bloodaxe Books are Kiss (2000, a PBS Recommendation), Take Me With You (2005, a PBS Choice and shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize) and Farewell My Lovely (2009). She produces the Literature Programme at Cove Park, Scotland’s International Artist…
About Darcy Director Darcy Prendergast (b. circa 1985) has always had imagination. After starting his artistic career on the living room walls, his parents supplied his chubby, yet surprisingly dextrous fingers with a wide gamut of art supplies, as well as a steady stream of paper. At the age of…
About Seán Seán McLaughlin lives in Edinburgh and co-runs a small record label called Stitch Records, which focuses on the release of alternative folk and jazz. He performs as a musician for hire and with his own alt. folk outfit, Dante (who can also be found on Facebook). Seán lectures…
