Rosemary Norman, Donall Dempsey, Michael Wyndham , Valeria Melchioretto

Rosemary Norman’s first collection, Threats and Promises was published in 1991 and her second, Italics in 2010. Between came two pamphlets, Life on Mars and The Song of the Nobird. Individual poems have appeared in The Rialto, Ambit and other prestigious magazines. One poem, Lullaby, has had a career of its own, widely anthologised and set for GCSE. In 2007 she won second prize in the National Poetry Competition for her poem The Hairdresser from Beirut.

Valeria Melchioretto is an award-winning poet who moved to London to study Drama and Fine Art. She has published two volumes of poetry: 'Podding Peas' (Hearing Eye) and 'The End of Limbo' (Salt) and has read at most London venues including the South Bank Centre and Buckingham Palace. She has represented Switzerland at the Poetry Olympics in 2012. She also publishes short stories, literary criticisms and has just finished her first novel.

Dónall Dempsey came to London from Ireland in the mid-1980’s. He is guest host of PoetryJam in Richmond and hosts two poetry nights in Guildford. He has read at the Edinburgh Fringe, the St Clementin Biennial Festival in France, Fermoy International Festival, Cork, the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford, Rhythm & Muse, Kingston, and the New Delhi Poetry Festival. His collections are “Being Dragged Across the Carpet by the Cat” and “The Smell of Purple”.

Michael Wyndham was born in Hammersmith and bred in Acton/White City under the shadow of Wormwood Scrubs. His work included being a pest controller - in fighting the city’s rats he hoped to gain valuable insight into life as a poet. He was runner-up in the Frogmore Press poetry competition and has been published by International Times, South Bank Poetry, Ariadne's Thread, Inclement and the Genius Floored anthology. He is currently working towards his first collection.