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Jean is a poet, writer and experienced educator, based in Shropshire. She has worked on a variety of residencies in both England and Scotland and provides workshops and readings to schools, festivals and community and national organisations. She often works in collaboration with arts and community projects ? She?s just been Poet in Residence for Wem Town Hall, and is also Poet in Residence for Hargate Primary School in West Bromwich. In 2020, because of the pandemic, Jean created The Poetry Wire, a website for sharing work within a small closed group for whom she writes regular prompts, and provides detailed feedback. Once a week this group meets for a social read-around on Zoom. The Poetry Wire has now run six sold-out courses with more planned for 2021. Jean has really enjoyed this way of working, and has met so many warm and talented poets.

Colin writes articles for magazines, and scripts for comedians and business speakers, including himself, and has worked at the BBC, Granada Television, The Other Place@The RSC, Disneyland Europe, ICC, NEC and many other locations worldwide.

Colin has a First-Class Honours in English Language, Literature and Creative Writing. He writes and performs ? often about topical subjects. He's a regular performer at open mics, festivals and clubs, and is a multiple poetry slam finalist and winner.

Gerald Kells is a poet and writer based in Walsall. He reads his poetry across the Midlands and the Internet. He has won several poetry slams and featured at the Freeverse Festival in Brownhills. He has had a number of poems and stories published in anthologies and magazines, most recently haikus in several editions of Seashores and stories and poems in ?Geography is Irrelevant? a lockdown collection. He has self-published a short collection: ?LI - 51 Poems?.

In 2018 he helped organise an Arts Poetry Reading at the internationally renowned Walsall Art Gallery and was involved in 2019 in the PoArtry Project in Stourbridge which led to publishing an Ekphrastic collection, ?Nine Etchings? with artist, Fran Wilde. His story, ?Something to his Left?, was published in Twisted Little Sister and ?Stone Walls? in Coffin Bell 3. His young adult novel, The Net Mender?s Son?, is available as an e-book and his novel ?The Floating Child? was long-listed for Cornerstones Wowfactor award.

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5 Belmont,

Shrewsbury,

Shropshire,

England,

SY1 1TE.