12
Aug
Category: Authors
12
Aug
F Mary Callan
Frances Mary Callan grew up in North Shields in NE England. She studied French and Latin at the university of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and in Toulouse. Poetry filled the family bookshelves, and Mary revelled in the work of G.K.Chesterton, Tennyson, Housman, Shakespeare, Yeats, Keats, Donne and Hopkins, as well as Verlaine, Baudelaire and Ronsard. Mary started writingRead more about F Mary Callan[…]
08
Aug
Laura Engel-Sahr
Laura Engel-Sahr was adopted by Libby Libbinski, a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, with assistance from Peppertree Rescue, a volunteer organization that rescues dogs from New York City animal shelters. Libby served as the creative consultant and inspiration for her book. Laura lived most of her life near Albany, New York and she now resides near Las Vegas,Read more about Laura Engel-Sahr[…]
17
Jul
Greg Quiery
Greg Quiery – a native of county Down – was a community worker in Belfast during the early years of the troubles before coming to Liverpool in the 1970s. In Liverpool Greg worked for the Simon Community, before becoming a youth worker, secondary school teacher, and Head of Liverpool’s Virtual School ( the education serviceRead more about Greg Quiery[…]
06
Jun
Laura Voivodeship
Laura Voivodeship was born twice in rural West Yorkshire. While faking her way through higher education she worked as a bookseller, a waitress, an artist’s model, an analogue shredder and a curator of horses, among other, less notable positions. She mainly writes erasures and sestinas, while masquerading as a teacher in the Middle East. Her poetryRead more about Laura Voivodeship[…]
22
May
Rosemary Palmeira
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[…]
18
Apr
Izzy Rhiannon Jones
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[…]
18
Apr
Becca Miles
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[…]
04
Mar
Yvonne Hendrie
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[…]
03
Mar
Chris Taylor
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[…]