Ian Crockatt was born in Perth in 1949, and now lives and works in North Aberdeenshire. His poetry is widely published in magazines and anthologies, and has won prizes in two national competitions.

His poetry collections include Flood Alert (Chapman, 1996), Original Myths (Cruachan Publications, 2000), (shortlisted for the Saltire Society's Scottish Book of the Year Award) The Crucifixion Bird (Northwords Folios, 2002), Blizzards of the Inner Eye (Peterloo Poets, 2003) and The Lyrical Beast (CD, Salix Publications, 2004). The Lyrical Beast, a series of 42 sonnets exploring the relationship between our animal and artistic instincts, is perhaps his most ambitious collection to date.

Gerard Rochford's poetry publications include Three Way Street, and The Holy Family and Other Poems, both published by Koo Press. He is a founder member of Dead Good Poets, convenor of their poetry readings at Books and Beans, and a poetry editor for Pushing Out the Boat. He is included in Janice Galloway's selection of Best 20 Scottish poems of 2006, for the Scottish Poetry Library.

Maureen Ross lives and works in the North-East of Scotland where she was born and brought up. She mainly writes poetry and is published in various anthologies and journals. In 2006 her first collection of poems Day Moth was published by Koo Press. She is a member of the Huntly Writers and regularly takes part in readings and event. Recently she has become interested in collaborative work with other artists.

Morag Skene was born and brought up in the North-East of Scotland. She even lives in a lovely, traditional North-East farmhouse with a huge garden, just outside Peterhead, which she would really enjoy if she was ever there. Unfortunately, Morag's interests in writing, dancing, drama, her wee grandaughter, jazz and making a fool of herself singing on open mic nights, mean she has to drag herself into the big bad city of Aberdeen far too often!

Ian Watt made his recital debut at the age of fourteen at the first ever North-East Scotland Classical Guitar Society concert. Since then, he has played a concert at the prestigious Dundee Guitar Festival 2007, won the title of Ishoka Aberdeen Young Musician of the Year and performed Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with the City of London Sinfonia in the final of BBC2's Classical Star competition.

Promoted by

Dead Good Poets
Wordfringe

Supported by

Midmar Church, Midmar
Gordon Forum for the Arts
Aberdeenshire Council
Scottish Book Trust
Awards for All