Sharon Harriott has been involved with the London Poetry Festival for a long time, and was one of the Poets In Residence at the 4th Festival in 2008. She has now taken on the responsibility of Festival Public Relations Director.
Sharon is London born and bred. She studied journalism at University, and started her career on a teen magazine. Now a Film and Events PR Manager, she writes press releases on the latest film releases and works for Fun in the Foyer at major film launches.
You can read some of Sharon's poetry here, and email her at: sharon.harriott@londonpoetryfestival.com
CLAIRE ASKEW, RESIDENCY AND EDUCATION DIRECTOR
Claire Askew is a poet and editor based in Edinburgh, Scotland -- she was also one of the London Poetry Festival's 2008 Poets in Residence and has now come on board as Residency and Education Director. She has an MA in English Literature and an MSc in Creative Writing, both from the University of Edinburgh, and she is due to begin a literature PhD there in September 09.
Claire is the Editor in Chief of Read This Magazine, a monthly arts magazine for young writers, and she also runs a writing advice blog, One Night Stanzas. She recently started up Read This Press, a poetry pamphlet micropress, and she currently works as a Lecturer in English at Edinburgh's Telford College.
Email her at: claire@onenightstanzas.com
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The London Poetry Festival was originally founded by Munayem Mayenin, a poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, children’s writer, thinker, editor and Festival and Events Director who writes in all genres of creative writing including Philosophical and Sociological Studies.
YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OF THE FESTIVAL STAFF BY EMAILING: contact@londonpoetryfestival.com
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