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TOM SASTRY:

Tom Sastry has published three collections with Nine Arches Press, most recently Life Expectancy Begins to Fall published in March 2025. He will be reading a set of new poems – some of his most personal, directly emotional and observational work to date.



TRACY HEATHER JOHNSON:

Tracy Heather Johnson is a London-born, now Bristol-based writer, photographer and coach. Her short stories have been published in The Horizon Magazine and Myth & Lore, and ‘Drag’ was shortlisted for the Christopher Asshewell-Stones award in 2022. Her poetry focuses on intimacy and the erotic, and has been published in journals including LOFT, Lit Angels and Monstrous Flesh. Her first novel is currently under consideration with several small presses, one of which called it “amazingly original”. She holds a PhD in English Literature and has lectured on poetry at the University of Aberdeen and UWE Bristol.



LAUREN MASON:

Lauren Mason is based in Bristol, where she works as an NHS specialist nurse and mindfulness teacher. Her creative practice includes music, poetry and photography. Her debut poetry pamphlet 'Rust Canyon' is out now with V Press. Mason's poems have been published widely in journals including The Interpreter's House, Finished Creatures, and Perverse; and anthologies including the Ginkgo Prize, where she was highly commended.


MARK ANTHONY PEARCE:

Mark Anthony Pearce lives and works as a Receptionist in Bristol. He is the author of twelve books of Poetry, and his poems have appeared in over 23 journals online and in print.
He is the editor of Kertecz Press. Mark will read a selection of poems he has written over the course of the year.

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