Flight of the Dragonfly has its roots in the Masters in Creative Writing where the team met. It all started in 2019 as a launch event for a course related anthology; we enjoyed ourselves so much sharing and hearing poetry and prose that night that we wanted more. Three years down the line the event is still going strong, alternating each month between Zoom and an upstairs room of a pub.
Barbara
Barbara has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Brighton which is how she got into this particular fine mess.
She lives with partner Tony in the heart of Sussex where her garden contains a beautiful walnut tree and a lot of very fat squirrels. Barbara’s favourite novelist has to be Iain Banks but she really can’t decide on a favourite poet. Barbara also likes trees, red wine, hiking, yin yoga, deserted beaches, icespeedway, and mountains.
Barbara is currently plotting a first novel. She can be contacted at barbaramercerwriting@gmail.com
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Darren
Darren has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Brighton.
He is a hopeless (useless) romantic! He cuts his own hair.
He enjoys music, predominantly punk rock, but a lot of other sounds as well, his favourite bands are Eastfield, Citizen Fish and Surgery Without Research. He likes a good lyric and a rockin’ raucous gig!
His favourite author is Orwell. He has developed a thing for Greek mythology!
He loves Marmite and appreciates a good pint of craft IPA.
He lives in sunny East Preston on the West Sussex coast, with his lovely family.
He has had poems published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Parthian Books, Dempsey & Windle, Poetry NI, The Four Parts Press, The Angry Manifesto, The Journal, City Limits Publishing (USA), The Morning Star, Punk Noir Magazine, Runcible Spoon, Impspired Magazine, Sledgehammer Lit, Spare Parts Lit, The Storms and Unlikely Stories Mark V. He had highly commended poems in the 2019 PENfro Book Festival Poetry Competition and in the 2020 Brian Dempsey Memorial Competition. He was shortlisted as a finalist for the Write Bloody UK 2020 full collection competition.
His debut pamphlet Honey Dew (a collection of 21 love poems) was published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press in December 2020.
His second pamphlet – The Machinery of Life was published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press in July 2021.
Hi third pamphlet/chapbook – The Fortune Teller’s Yarn (Destiny Fucks with Milo) was published by Alien Buddha Press in July 2022.
He tries to blog – www.djbeaney.wordpress.com
You can see his occasional tweets or even follow him on Twitter @DJ_Be_An
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You can email him – darren.j.beaney@gmail.com
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