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Featured here will be previously
unpublished works (mainly poetry but will include some prose and other
works as well)
by a number of writers.
Copyright in all the works
published on the site is strictly the property of the authors and the
works must not be reproduced without permission.
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Alan Dower |
Formerly a lawyer, Alan lives
in Aberdeen, Scotland but performs regularly at poetry evenings in
Edinburgh.
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Angela Vale |
An actress
since RADA and all the usual training, Angela entered rep in York, where she
eventually got married. Her husband was also an actor but took up
script-work when their first daughter, Judith, arrived. She was the
first of five girls. Her husband's script work took him to Dublin "for
a year" and 19 years later they returned to London. It was wonderful
living in Dublin, a fairly small city, where her theatre, TV and radio work
didn't mean she had to be away from her girls, but on returning to London,
she had to start all over again, which she did by
gate-crashing a West End audition, not knowing it wasn't "done".
In her
ignorance she did it, and landed the star part of Mother Peter in "Once A
Catholic...", a very good beginning, although it was a precarious life, and
there was a time when the only person in the family who was earning, was the
youngest, Claudia - in "ANNIE" a mere eight years old.
All sorts of
jobs followed, parts on TV, radio voice-overs,
successful fringe shows, like "Mr. Cinders", rep work, tours including
playing Joe McGann's Big Mamma (Cat on a Hot tin Roof) The Old Vic, and
happily working with the RSC. which happened by chance, when she did a
"cattle-call" audition and John Caird happened to see her. Her RSC
experiences were hugely varied, performing not only Shakespeare, and not
only in
Stratford, but some great new plays and working in Tokyo, Wellington, New
York, Washington, Budapest, and Paris.
Angela
considers herself lucky and now spends
a lot of time writing, which has always been her other love. She's also
hoping he'll get lucky with one of her novels,too! |
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Ascen Arriazu |
Having written
in her native Spanish for most of her life, Ascen started writing in English
about three years ago, and continues to learn her craft. A language
teacher at Greenwich Community College, Ascen is in the middle of a degree
course in Creative Writing and Spanish & Latin American Studies at the North
London University.
Writing is a
very important part of her life, and is a form of compulsion..
Unfortunately, like most people a very busy life means she can only do this
in her spare time. Married to a romantic Roman, Ascen has two lovely
cats, Pepe and Pepa.
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Graham Pollock |
Graham writes short, sharp and sometimes
provocative poetry that displays a sardonic humour stemming from a
love-hate relationship with South London. |
| Jacqui
Liddle |
Jacqui, originally from
Newcastle and now teaching in South London, has a delicious feminine
perception coupled with a biting Geordie wit. (Adult
content) |
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JoAnn Chang |
JoAnn lives in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA and is a nurse. |
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Karen Belshaw |
Karen lives in London's East End and tends to
write her poetry in the middle of the night. |
| Ken
Wood |
About
Ken Wood |
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Laura Barnes |
Laura spent most of her
life in Manchester before doing an arts degree in Cardiff. She has
been writing for over 10 years and co running Magnetic North Writers
based in Greenwich She has two small-press publications and work
in two anthologies.
"Her raw-edged verse swallowed me down in one gulp." (Jacqueline
Harte, City Life Magazine). |
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Mike Marshall |
Mike lives and works in Blackheath, South London. He originally
trained as a biologist and it was while taking a four month sabbatical
in New Hampshire in the US in 2000 that he attempted a long lived
ambition of writing some poetry. In addition to other things Mike is
also a keen musician and Sports player and fan. |
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Paul Hamlyn |
Paul Hamlyn has lived in London for longer than
he can remember. Since crossing the river on a Southbound train in
1995 he has never looked back, but has often looked sideways. |
| Suzanne
de Freitas |
Suzanne is an accountant
now living in south-east London with a self-proclaimed 'highly developed
sense of the ridiculous'! |
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The Wish |
The Wish is a three-piece band producing music for people who
are sick of the manufactured pop-pap that is being force-fed to
the public right now. Their songs by comparison are a
breath of fresh air. The band comprises Brian Spence, Debbie
McKenna and Stewart Irving and they write, record and produce
their own songs, which have a timeless feel, combining
musicianship, big vocals and memorable harmonies.
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