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David Healey
David Healey was born in 1944 and brought up in Cornwall. He qualified as a doctor at Guys and subsequently worked in Papua New Guinea before returning to become a GP in Suffolk. He’s now involved in wildlife conservation and helping to look after his grandson, Archie, with cerebral palsy; both find their way into…
Marguerite Wood
Marguerite Wood trained as a physiotherapist, working for the NHS for over a decade. She and her husband, Douglas, sadly deceased in 2001, have a son and daughter and five grandchildren. She has been writing poetry all her life, was an assistant editor for Envoi under J. C. Scott’s editorship for over 10 years, then…
Frank Wood (1925-2020)
Frank was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1925. We were sad to learn that Frank died in the early hours of 24 September 2020. Frank was beloved by many in the Suffolk poetry scene, and will be much missed.
Derek Adams
Derek Adams is a professional photographer, originally from London, he now lives in Suffolk. He has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths and his poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies in the UK and abroad, including Rialto, Magma, Smiths Knoll and London Grip. His latest collection is EXPOSURE: Snapshots from the…
Sue Wallace-Shaddad
Sue Wallace-Shaddad was born and brought up in Suffolk and returned to live in the county in 2002 after many years abroad working with the British Council. She retired in 2014. Sue has an MA in Writing Poetry from Newcastle University/Poetry School, London and is Secretary of Suffolk Poetry Society. Her first short collection ‘A City…
Tim Lenton
Tim Lenton is a retired newspaper columnist and sub-editor who lives in his home town of Norwich. He won the Fish International Poetry Prize in 2007 and has published a number of books of poetry, including collections of tanka and photographs in collaboration with Joy McCall. He publishes poetry on his website, www.back2sq1.co.uk, and reads…
Fran Reader
Fran Reader (originally an ‘Essex girl’) has been writing poetry since the age of eight and has lived in Suffolk since 1990. After retiring from a career in gynaecology she has reinvented herself through her love of poetry by gaining an MA in Creative Writing with Poetry through the Open University. Since Autumn 2017 Fran…
Rob Lock
Rob Lock has been writing for over twenty years and has benefitted greatly from membership of the East Suffolk Writing Group and subsequent contact with Michael Laskey, whose Garlic Press published a pamphlet for him. He was particularly pleased when a reviewer described this as being ‘alive with both love and the ordinary, with warmth…
Caroline Gill
Caroline Gill was Overall Winner in the inaugural Zoological Society of London Poetry Competition in 2014. She came 3rd in the 2017 Write Out Loud ‘Milestone’ Competition, judged by Brian Patten. Three poems feature in The Book of Forms, A Handbook of Poetics Including Odd and Invented Forms (Lewis Putnam Turco, University Press of New…
