Martin Stannard’s previous collections of poetry include Poems on Various Subjects (Shoestring Press, 2004), Difficulties & Exultations (Smith/Doorstop, 2001)  and Writing Down The Days: New & Selected Poems (Stride, 2001). After ten highly amusing years working as a telephone operator, in 2005 he went to China to teach English to university students. In 2007 he returned to the UK to be the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Nottingham Trent University. Then, in 2008, he again fled and returned to China, which is a long way away.  His new collection, Faith, will be published by Shadowtrain books later in 2008.

David Grubb has a new collection out from Salt; It Comes With A Bit Of Song. A short novel and a collection of short stories seek publishers. Recent poems in Ambit.

Vanessa Gebbie ‘s collection of short fiction, Words From A Glass Bubble (Salt, 2008) is longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Award. She has just started writing poetry, tutored by David Grubb.

David Miller has published numerous books (poetry, fiction and essays), beginning with The Caryatids (Enitharmon Press, 1975). Recent publications include The Waters of Marah (Shearsman Books, 2005), Spiritual Letters (I-II) (Reality Street Editions, 2004), The Dorothy and Benno Stories (Reality Street, 2005) and In the Shop of Nothing: New and Selected Poems (Harbor Mountain Press, 2007). With Richard Price, he compiled British Poetry Magazines 1914-2000: A History and Bibliography of ‘Little Magazines’ (The British Library / Oak Knoll Press, 2006).

Jon Ware is a creative-writing undergraduate at the University of Warwick; he is currently having his work published in Equinox and at nthposition.com.)

Polish-born poet Maria Jastrzębska has published 3 collections of poetry, most recently Syrena (Redbeck Press), and co-edited Forum Polek, Poetry South and Whoosh! She lives in Brighton . For more info see www.south-pole.org.uk

Charles Freeland teaches composition and creative writing at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. The recipient of a 2008 Individual Excellence Grant from the Ohio Arts Council, he is the author of Furiant, Not Polka (Moria), The Case of the Danish King Halfdene (Mudlark), and Where We Saw Them Last (Lily Press). His website is The Fossil Record (charlesfreelandpoetry.net) and his blog is Spring Cleaning in the Labyrinth of the Continuum (charlesfreeland.blogspot.com).

Charles Jason Lee's poetry collections include Lost Passports, Polaroid Noise, God's Potato Peeler, and The Day Elvis Died. His non-fiction includes Pervasive Perversions (London: Free Association Books, 2005), and The Metaphysics of Mass Art (New York: Mellen, 1999). He teaches at the University of East London.

CS Reid holds a MFA in Writing & Critical Theory from Otis College of Art & Design.  Her work has been featured and is forthcoming in Apt, Poems-For-All, The Truth About The Fact: International Journal of Literary Nonfiction, The Blue Fifth Review, 1097 Magazine, and Word Salad; and a poetry chapbook, Walking Near the Precipice, published by Lily Press (2007).  She is a freelance writer, and an educator in Los Angeles , CA .

Mark Goodwin's first full length collection, entitled Else, has recently been published by Shearsman. Work forthcoming in next Autumn's editions of Shearsman magazine and Poetry Salzburg Review. Mark has recently been commissioned by Arts in The Peak & the Peak District National Park Authority (funded by Arts Council England) to work with artist Jo Dacombe and poet John Sewell to create two Companion Stones.

Douglas Messerli is a poet, dramatist, critic, and editor of Green Integer. www.greeninteger.com