Since his last book of poems Crocodiles & Obelisks, Jamie McKendrick has published his translations of a selection of Valerio Magrelli's poems The Embrace (Faber) and a chapbook of translations of the Mexican poet David Huerta's Poems (Poetry Translation Centre).

Claire Crowther's second collection, The Clockwork Gift, appeared in 2009 from Shearsman Books. Her work is widely published and appears in two current anthologies, Identity Parade (Bloodaxe, 2010) and Infinite Difference, Other Poetries by UK Women Poets (Shearsman Books, 2010).

Tony Williams is based in Sheffield, UK. He has published poetry and criticism in a range of print and online journals. His first full collection, The Corner of Arundel Lane and Charles Street, was published by Salt in 2009.

Malachi Smyth has always written poetry and songs, but he is primarily a scriptwriter, with a number of filmscripts currently under option. He is 'poised on several fronts'.

John Whitworth is, in his own words, 'one of those fattish, baldish, oldish, backward-looking, provincial poets in which England is so rich'. Actually he's one of a kind. Les Murray has called him ‘Kent’s rococo rhymer and hyperbolist’. He started out with Secker and Warburg, and was then for many years with Peterloo. His tenth collection, Girlie Gangs, is scheduled from Enitharmon early in 2011.





Qualm is edited by Sebastian Schloessingk.

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