An incomplete list of writers who’ve published with us and where to find out more about them:
Tina Sederholm | Hannah Chutzpah | Fay Roberts | Amber-Page | Beth Hartley | Tom Juniper | Ann Atkins | Janine Booth | Rebecca Cooney | Daisy McNamara
Tina Sederholm
she/her
Tina Sederholm is a poet who takes the written word and brings it alive on stage. Her poetry is funny, engaging and deceptively profound. She brings a light touch to awkward situations, and contends that no person or day is exempt from an interesting story. Her first collection, “A Velvet Box” came out with Allographic, and her other collections, “Everything Wrong With You is Beautiful” and “This is Not Therapy” (the latter also the title of her podcast) came out with Burning Eye.
Hannah Chutzpah
she/her
Hannah Chutzpah is a performance poet and writer with three collections of poetry out (“Alchemy, Treasure, and Butterfly Wings” with Allographic; “Sign My Citalopram” and “Permeable” with Burning Eye). Her poetry is funny, feminist and often heartfelt. On a number of occasions it has made people cry. Apparently in a good way.
Fay Roberts
ze/zir or they/them
Fay Roberts is a British, nonbinary, disabled voice actor, writer, musician, and data manager. There’s a spreadsheet for literally everything ze does. Zir first two pamphlets, “Spring” and “Logophilia”, came out with Allographic, while zir first full collection/ “illustrated poetry concept album”, Spectral, came out with Burning Eye in March 2022.
Amber-Page
she/her
Amber-Page is a writer, spoken-word poet, actor and education professional from Merseyside. She studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge and has worked in teaching, university outreach and widening participation. Her first poetry collection, “Stream-Speaking”, is out now with Allographic. Alongside her writing, she has considerable experience performing in community and professionally produced theatre.
Beth Hartley
she/her
Beth Hartley is a poet of people and place; the transient and the eternal. She makes words, beds, home and things from fabric and yarn in East Anglia. Itchy preacher, always Mama. FenSpeak co-pilot, running and hosting Ely’s main poetry night. Her poetry pamphlets, “What if Stars” and “A Holding” are out now with Allographic Press.
Tom Juniper
they/them or he/him
Tom Juniper is a poet and storyteller based in Sheffield. Their work often focuses on the experience of being other, whether that’s talking about being autistic, being part of the queer community, or about the Other as in strange and mysterious creatures and entities from various folklore traditions.
Ann Atkins
she/her
Based in North Warwickshire, Ann Atkins is a slam-winning poet who likes playing with words and finding inspiration in unusual places, often dished up with a dash of humour. She performs across the country and worldwide online. She co-hosts Coventry’s Fire&Dust open mic, and Fire&Dust Zoom for an international audience. Her first collection, “I Am Not a Robot”, came out with Allographic.
Janine Booth
she/her
Janine Booth is a Marxist motormouth and disaffected middle-aged woman, a trade unionist, socialist-feminist, author, poet, speaker, tutor, supporter of Workers’ Liberty, neurodivergent, bi, Peterborough United (men’s footy) and Lewes FC (women’s footy) fan! She has seven poetry books currently out, and is working on an eighth: “Amplify” (Allographic); “Unprecedented Rhymes: verses versus the virus”, “Fighting Tories: the Force Awakens, poems by Janine Booth”, and “Disaffected Middle-aged Women” (Roundhead); “’16: The Age of Discontent a ranting, rhyming, revolting review of the year”, “The 3Rs: Ranting Rhyming Revolting: more poems by Janine Booth”, and “Mostly Hating Tories: poems by Janine Booth” (Hastings Press)
Rebecca Cooney
she/her
Rebecca Cooney was born in Nottingham, raised in Somerset and then moved to London to seek her fortune (she became a journalist, so no luck there).
Rebecca was a Hammer & Tongue National Slam 2018 finalist and is a multiple-time winner of the Hammer & Tongue Cambridge Slam, Farrago Slam, Genesis Slam and Poetry at Your Place Slam. She has also featured at poetry nights across London and the southeast, and performed on the Poetry&Words Stage at Glastonbury Festival. Her first collection, “Where the Lights Come On”, cam out with Allographic.
Daisy McNamara
she/her or he/him
Daisy McNamara started life as a marine biologist and still isn’t quite sure how things turned out this way. She has been working in storytelling since 2020 through her passion for audio fiction. Daisy is most known for the audio dramas The Gospel of Haven, Eeler’s Choice, and Nightmare Soup. When not writing, she can be found embroidering, reading, or wandering the beaches of her native Rhode Island.
Her first novel, The Gospel of Haven, came out with Allographic.
