(IMAGE CREDIT-SETH GUY)

MARK ANTHONY PEARCE AND NICK MOORE:

Nick Moore is a Bristol-based poet, improvising musician and abstract painter. He has been writing and performing poetry for over thirty years, and as poet and musician has collaborated with dancers, visual artists, musicians and other poets in various combinations – most consistently with In-congruity Project since 1993. He has become more interested in how writing looks on the page, how it sounds and its relationship with drawing and published seven books exploring these aspects in the COncreteVisualSOnicPhOnicWOrdPlay series, including *Architrave*, *enjambment*, *Bricolage*, *Moondrag*, *Clung*, *Whwatt* and *Tintinabulation*, as well as *EXTEMPoRiSATIoN*, a book of visual music/graphic scores. Some of these are now held in the British Library’s contemporary print archive. He has also been known to thread spontaneous music into his readings. Nick recently published a collection of Poetry 'Birdwater' with Kertecz Press. Copies can still be purchased here: https://kerteczpress.bigcartel.com/product/nick-moore-birdwater

Mark Anthony Pearce lives and works as a Receptionist in Bristol. He is the author of twelve books of Poetry, most recently 'The Store Beyond The Styx' (With Tohm Bakelas, Danny D Ford, Gwil James Thomas, Paul Sims and Seth Guy) (2025, Between Shadows Press). His poems have appeared in over 23 journals online and in print.
He is the editor of Kertecz Press.

* Mark will be reading Steven Berkoff's 'Hell' accompanied by Nick Moore on Tenor Saxophone.

VIKTORIIA MATVIIUK:

Viktoriia is an aspiring poet originally from Ukraine. Being a mathematician, she is passionate about finding patterns. She has conducted numerous poetry workshops and clubs for children in her communities. Both maths and poetry are her ways of communicating the world to other people. Her writings are about her and others feelings.

ALEX BICKLEY:

Originally from rural North Yorkshire, Alex lives in Bristol, where he previously read for a degree in English Literature. He is now training to be an accountant. In addition to poetry, Alex writes short-form fiction and is currently working on a verse drama.

Alex writes his own poetry blog (https://abickleypoet.wordpress.com/) where he posts some of his own writing as well as discussions on other poets and their work. He is a regular performer at open-mic poetry nights across the City.

HUGH REDLAND:

Hugh Redland is a writer and poet. When writing, he prefers short stories and micro fiction. But has ventured into film and theatre and his poems journey on the Heming Way to explore the nub of poetry. He lives in the county of Bristol.

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