Agnes Lehoczky is an Hungarian-born poet and translator. She completed her Masters in English and Hungarian Literature at Pazmany Peter University of Hungary in 2001 and a MA with distinction in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2006, where she is currently completing a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing at UEA and teaching. She has two short poetry collections, _Station X_ (2000) and _Medallion_ (2002), published by Universitas, Hungary. Her first full collection, Budapest to Babel, was published by Egg Box in 2008. She was the 2009 recipient of the Arthur Welton Poetry Award and the winner of the Daniil Pashkoff Prize 2010 in poetry. She is currently working on her second collection to be published by Egg Box in 2010/2011. Her collection of essays on the poetry of Agnes Nemes Nagy is to be published in 2010/2011 by Cambridge Scholars.
From its beginnings in 2000 above an old Communist theme pub in Norwich, Aisle16 became a halfway house for a new generation of live poetry. Its resident members travel across the country, playing to audiences at music, comedy and literary events.
In 2004 they wrote and performed Powerpoint, the most successful poetry show on the Edinburgh Fringe, which toured the UK in 2005. They are the most sought after live poetry collective in the UK. For more information about what they are up to these days, visit their website.
Andre Mangeot's short stories have appeared in London Magazine and his poetry in many British and American journals. In recent years he has won prizes in the Yorkshire, Kent & Sussex and Bridport competitions and been shortlisted for the Blackwells / TLS prize, among others. He is a member of the performance group Joy of Six which has played at venues across England and in New York. A short book of poems, _Natural Causes_, was published by Shoestring Press in 2003. _Mixer_ was his first full-length collection. He has since had a collection of short stories published by Salt.
Ben Borek was born in in Camberwell in 1980. He graduated, with distinction, from The University of East Anglia Creative Writing MA in 2004. He has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and has read at the Latitude poetry festival and his book, _Donjong Heights_ was a cult book of 2007. He lives in London, where he teaches and is currently working on his second book.
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