PAUL HENRY
is the author of five collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Ingrid’s Husband (Seren).  Described by U.A.Fanthorpe as “a poet’s poet”, he came to poetry through songwriting and has appeared at festivals across Europe. His various jobs have included actor, careers adviser, arts administrator, and university lecturer. A popular creative writing tutor, he presents the ‘Inspired’ series of arts programmes for BBC Radio Wales. www.paulhenrywales.co.uk

OWEN SHEERS
was born in Fiji in 1974 and brought up in Abergavenny. He has written two collections of poetry, The Blue Book and Skirrid Hill (Seren) for which he won a 2006 Somerset Maugham Award. From 2008 Skirrid Hill will be an A level set text. His debut prose work The Dust Diaries (Faber 2004), a travel memoir set in Zimbabwe won the Welsh Book of the Year 2005. he recently collaborated with the coposer Rachel Portman on The Water Diviner's Tale, a children's oratorio for the BBc Proms. His first novel, Resistance, was published by Faber in June 2007 and is translated into 9 languages. www.owensheers.co.uk

Guest: Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch

Samantha's debut collection with Picador, Not In These Shoes, is due out in June 2008.www.rhydderch.com