About the Author

Paul Hawkins is a Bristol based poet who has been a musician, squatter, tour manager, freelance journalist, gardener, improviser, collaborator and manager of an Elvis Presley impersonator. He studied the art of sleeping standing up and drinking lying down with nearly disastrous consequences; last count he's moved on average every eleven months but only ever owned one tent. He co-runs Hesterglock Press and has had two books published, Claremont Road & Contumacy and you'll find his work in Maintenant, Quincunx, The Morning Star, M58, Rising, Stride, The CUT UP! anthology as well as other magazines, sites, walls and 'zines. He currently collaborates with Portugese text artist Bruno Neiva under the guise of Servant Drone.