‘Life is serious, but is not to be lived too seriously’. Serious or humorous, my poems are always good-natured.

I write when I have something to say, and I feel I have found the right way to say it. It’s about having fun with words and meaning, using words skilfully to say things differently, and saying the familiar in unfamiliar ways.

In 2017 I self-published a collection of poetry and wit as Particles of Light, with a 2nd edition in 2025. The book has been well received and has sold well in my local bookshops.

Intersecting Lines, my second collection, was traditionally published by indie publisher Beercott Books in 2021. In 2025 Beercott Books published my third collection, titled Reflections. These two collections continue to reflect my interest in people, love, the natural world, and the human condition.

In 2025 I also compiled together the sections of wit from my 3 collections and published it as Wit ‘n Word. There are poems to move you, to surprise you, and to make you laugh. The humorous poems and one-liners are there for entertainment, to be enjoyed, though they often contain a ‘sting in the tail’. I hope readers will enjoy reading my poems and will feel I am putting their own experiences and emotions into words.

I read regularly at poetry ‘open mics’ and at local literary events, and I give talks about my poetry to community groups.

Author of both thrillers and romantic-fantasy. Four books out in the world, the fifth due out on 21 November this year. Chandler lives with her husband, two kids, and occasionally a cat in Germany.

Nick Cennamo-Smith is an author of Crime-Fantasy and Sci-fi novels for both adults and teens.

His books blend fantastical worlds with whimsical characters and suspenseful thrills that will keep the pages turning.

John Mair publishes a range of books on topical subjects such as the BBC; popularism and the media and the popular Jericho book – a new edition will be published shortly. Other books include A history of Rum and a book about Inspector Morse including a series of walks around Oxford. He also produces the famous Jericho Tea towel. John Howson’s book of his education blog will also be on sale on Stall N36.

After 40 years (and counting!) of writing scientific papers, books and patents where almost every sentence needs to be justified with a reference, I suppose I longed for being able to write something which did not have any boundaries. Having recently become a part-time consultant scientist and with all four children having now left our house, there is now some time for me to let my mind wander through those things that do not need to be proved; do not have to be true. But the scientist in me hasn’t allowed me to stray that far from the truth or reality and that’s pretty much how I ended up writing ‘A Painkiller to Die For’ (2025). This was my second published novel after ‘A Practical Arrangement’ which came out towards the end of 2023 under the nom de plume of Verity Trevethan.

My third novel, ‘The Disappearance of Sarah Griffiths,’ has a publication date of 28th November and also has a smattering of science running through the plot. My editor has labelled this book as ‘Gone Girl meets Breaking Bad’ and I think I can see where she is coming from. It is a dark, domestic noir based around a young married couple whose comfortable existence is crumbling around them. The life changing events lead to the wife’s disappearance and a criminal investigation looking into the death of a small-time drug dealer. The novel asks questions to just how far we’ll go to protect the ones we love and the lives we’ve built and what we become when they start to fall apart.

Award winning stand-up comedian and author with writing credits including BBC radio, Luke Richards published his first novel, “Dave’s New World’ in 2024 – a dystopian comedy that has been described as, “laugh-out-loud funny”, “a fantastic premise executed really well” and, “Douglas Adams meets George Orwell”.

For his next book, Richards has teamed up with the obscure, enigmatic independent filmmaker, Henry Knudsen, to share the story of his lifelong, and often frustrated, pursuit of cinematic excellence. ‘The Henry Knudsen Archives: a Life of(f) Film’ is a painfully revealing memoir that aims to answer the question – if a man makes a film and there’s nobody there to see it… will they at least read a book about it?