Rosemary Palmeira was born in Oporto, where the river meets the sea and came to England when she was eight. She now lives near Beverley, East Yorkshire, near a river and the sea. She is a writer, artist, musician and part-time psychotherapist and has worked many years with refugees and asylum seekers. She is marriedRead more about Rosemary Palmeira[…]
Izzy is a queer poet living in the haunted city of York where she cohosts BeSpeak – a community of open mic poetry and storytelling nights. A recent graduate of the University of York, appearing in the Yorker, Inkverse and Looking Glass anthologies, she has been involved in running events all around the city, andRead more about Izzy Rhiannon Jones[…]
Becca Miles, biologist – turned – creative writer, has been published in anthology More Exhibitionism, Dream Catcher and British Fantasy Society magazine Horizons. Becca is an active participant in LARP (Live action role play) and occasionally her LARP roles overflow into her poetry. We also have her a performance she gave at York’s unique PoetryRead more about Becca Miles[…]
In her forties, after a career as a hospice chaplain and parish minister, Yvonne Hendrie went full circle back to her childhood as a response to Life, Middle Age, Creaking Limbs and Responsibility. The love of books had been with her all her days, and she reconnected with the fairy stories she had adored. ThisRead more about Yvonne Hendrie[…]
Chris Taylor has had a lifelong obsession with how to change the world. This began when a school friend persuaded him to join an anti-racism march at the age of 15. He’s been involved in movements for change ever since, learning from each one. Chris is a poet, facilitator and coach. He teaches tai chi,Read more about Chris Taylor[…]
Born in York, England, in 1942, Graham emigrated to Canada in 1956 with his family and met his wife Marie in high school. They were married in 1963 and have three children, and six grand children. Graham articled in Edmonton with one of the root firms of KPMG, and obtained the professional designation of CharteredRead more about Graham Clews[…]
A Northumbrian now living in County Durham, Eliza started writing way back. She began with poems and stories for school magazines and plays for class performance. After a poetry-writing course at the Arvon Foundation sponsored by the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, she well and truly caught the writing bug. Reading English at Cambridge, she amassed notebooksRead more about Eliza Mood[…]
Frank was born and grew up in the fish dock area of Hull where much of his novel is set. He was the first member of a large working class family to go to university. He graduated from both Hull and Leeds Universities. He is married with 4 children who are all graduates. After aRead more about Frank Beill[…]
Wendy has been a researcher and did much of the research for this book. She was educated at London University and after careers at Unilever and Pritchard Wood she became Managing Director of Davis Ives Associates Ltd. She has worked all over Europe and the United States. Wendy finds that researching a book is veryRead more about Wendy Rayne-Davis[…]
Thelma started writing as a child and much later became one of the founders of The Aireings, a Leeds based journal, and has also been featured in Dream Catcher on several occasions over many years. Since then she has taught creative writing, a poetry retreat leader, and has had two poetry collections published. Her workRead more about Thelma Laycock[…]
