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 Clare Best is again hosting the Poetry in the Pub
We welcome Clare Best again to host Poetry in the Pub at the Six Bells where she will introduce three other poets. Her own poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies. She is the author of Treasure Ground (HappenStance, 2009). Her first full collection, Excisions, will be published this September by Waterloo Press.
One of the finest debuts in recent years. John O’Donoghue
Unpredictable, erotic and philosophically demanding. Jackie Wills
For more: www.clarebest.co.uk
David Swann's book The Privilege of Rain (Waterloo Press, 2010) was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. It was based on his experiences as Writer-in-Residence at HMP Nottingham. He has also worked as a newspaper reporter, a warehouseman, and a toilet cleaner in the legendary Paradiso concert hall in Amsterdam. He now works as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English & Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. His stories and poems have been widely published, and have won many awards, including five successes at the Bridport Prize.
 Maureen Jivani has work published in the UK, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. She is published with Mulfran Press and her first full collection Insensible Heart was shortlisted for the London New Poetry Award. She lives in Surrey with her husband and two daughters.
 Matt Merritt is a poet and wildlife journalist from Leicester. His latest collection, hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica, was published by Nine Arches Press in late 2010, following Troy Town (Arrowhead, 2008) and Making The Most Of The Light (HappenStance, 2005). He is co-editor of poetsonfire.blogspot.com
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