TIM WELLS
Tim Wells is made of reggae, lager top, pie and mash, and Leyton Orient FC.
JOHN CANFIELD
John Canfield grew up in Cornwall and trained as an actor, but due to a series of administrative errors ended up working as an accounts assistant and a clown. His poetry has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies and he lives in South London with his two cats, Morten and Mags, who are named after the lead singer and keyboard player of A-Ha, the finest of all the 80’s pop bands. He works at The Poetry School and now only dresses as a clown for pleasure.
ELIZA GREGORY
Beverley-born musician and writer, Eliza Gregory, fired like a proverbial bullet out of school in York and migrated south. Cutting her teeth as a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist in the UK’s DiY musical community, she became widely known for vocal acrobatics in hardcore, sludge, and death metal bands and other experimental music.
Amidst the musical maelstrom, Eliza achieved a BA from Kellogg and Ruskin Colleges, Oxford, and an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths College, London. She has had written work published by The Royal Philharmonic Society, Highgate Poets and Lazy Gramophone Press and in recent years begun to develop an interdisciplinary poetry practice by collaborating with visual artists, notably Fine Art Printmaker and Ruskin Prize nominee, Catherine Sutcliffe-Fuller. A full-length publication of 30-40 narrative poems, entitled ‘The Procession’ set in a depression-era circus, is finished and awaiting publication.
JULIA ROTTE
Austrian writer Julia Rotte came to London in 2010 for an MA course in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths University. Here, she wrote a portfolio and collection of short stories, Cat’s Cradle, which was awarded the Pat Kavanagh Prize by United Agents in 2013. She lives in Vienna and works as a freelance writer and translator. She loves skiing, cycling, maps and musicals.
ALICE ZAWADZKI
Alice Zawadzki is a vocalist, violinist, songwriter and composer based in London. Her work has seen her gain considerable repute as a distinctive and individual presence on the creative European music scene. Anglo-Polish Alice’s rich musical background and “whimsical hyper-creativity” (MOJO Magazine) converge into artistry which draws upon her early exposure to New Orleans jazz and gospel with the legendary Lillian Boutté, an extensive classical training as a violinist, and a continuous exploration of improvisation, poetry, and folk music from diverse traditions, “all propelled in a voice of velvet suppleness and gutsy emotional power” (The Arts Desk). She performs extensively as both a soloist and as a collaborator, with headline performances at most of the major UK alternative and jazz venues and festivals, including the Royal Albert Hall, Ronnie Scott’s, the London Jazz Festival, the Vortex, Celtic Connections, and internationally at festivals from Taipei International Jazz Festival (Taiwan) to Coventry Calling (Massachusetts, USA) to Sűdtirol Jazz Festival (Italy), and more. She released her debut solo album China Lane (Whirlwind Recordings) in 2014, which was met with widespread critical acclaim, described as “beguiling, unorthodox and pure” (The Independent), “a real force to be reckoned with” (Jamie Cullum), and led to her nomination for British Vocalist of the Year by both Jazz FM and the Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2015, and saw her selected to take part in Take Five, the professional development programme run by international music producers, Serious Ltd, sponsored by the Performing Rights Society and Arts Council England.