Sarah Maclennan is the co-ordinator of Dead Good Poets Society. Prior to taking on this position she won the Poetry in the City Poster Competition with her poem The Heart of the City. She has also been published in The Reader Magazine, The Doghouse Book of Ballads, Nerve and Poetry Pool. She is looking forward to her time at DGPS as she really enjoys hearing poetry read live.

Chris Clarke has been performing at the DGPS nights for over 10 years, and has recently conquered her fear of crowd control to start compering. She has performed her poetry in various places including the Well Read Women Festival in Manchester and at Mad Women events in Liverpool. Chris also enjoys bellydancing, which she occasionally does in public (if you ask her nicely). Her biggest ambition is to go on a highly expensive shopping trip to New York with someone else paying.On the Board Chris is the society's minutes secretary.

Clare Kirwan Clare Kirwan is based in Wirral and has been performing at the DGPS Open Floor and other local nights since 2003. She won Liverpool’s Second’s Out Slam in 2005 and has had poems accepted by Orbis,MsLexia, Iota, and The Interpreter's House. A former journalist; postie; eco-worrier; training programme organiser; grants assessor and local authority lackey, she insists this was all just practice though it often surprises people – especially herself. www.clarekirwan.com

Nicholas Payne was born in Prestatyn, Wales and is now 36. He wrote his first poem in 1984 (Snail), but it took him another twelve years before he started performing. That first appearance was at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool, and he has since gone on to perform at poetry and stand-up nights across the region. Nick is a great fan of Doctor Who and also enjoys collecting classic comedy films and punk and progressive rock music. He started compering for DGPS in 2003 and joined the committee around the same time.


Colin Watts is 60 and married with grown-up children. He works part-time for a community regeneration project and is a creative writing tutorfor the University of Liverpool. He has been involved with DGPS since it started and regularly performs and comperes. Colin's poems have been widely published in magazines as well as in two poetry booklets: Singing the City (1999, Guardsvan Press) and Getting the Hang of It (2002 Driftwood Publications). Most recnetly, Human Geography (Driftwood, 2005). His plays have been performed in and around Liverpool.On the Board he is our Chair.

David Bateman