Simon Rumley is one of the most successful and prolific UK directors of his generation, and has directed 9 feature films and 2 anthology films, including Red White & Blue, Fashionista and a segment from the ABCs of Death, His films have played at festivals around the world including Toronto, Rotterdam, SXSW, Sarajevo, Tallin, Transilvania, Buenos Aires, Sydney, London, Rio and Stockholm, and won almost 50 awards collectively including best films or director at Sitges, Fantastic Fest, Fantasia, Frightfest, Lund, Fantaspoa, Ravenna and Boston Underground amongst others. His latest film Once Upon A Time In London peaked at No3 on Netflix. He’ll be reading from his first novel.
simonrumley.com
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Andrew Leach writes novels, short stories and the occasional poem. He has had work published in a number of anthologies and collections, most recently The Mechanics' Institute Review issue 16 (the Climate Issue), and he was also Highly Commended in the 2019 Seán O'Faoláin International Short Story Prize. Other publishing destinations include Reflex Fiction, Magma Poetry, Strix Magazine, STORGY, Ellipsis Zine and two volumes of Stories for Homes for charity Shelter. His novel Boom Babies, a book which follows a group of characters coming to terms with the climate emergency and the lack of action taken to address its causes and consequences during the past 30 years, is currently being pitched to publishers by his agent.
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Rosanna Amaka was born to African and Caribbean parents. She began writing The Book of Echoes twenty years ago to give voice to the Brixton community in which she grew up. Her community was fast disappearing – as a result of gentrification, emigration back to the Caribbean and Africa, or simply with the passing away of the older generation. Its depiction of the unimaginable pain redeemed by love and hope was also inspired by a wish to understand the impact of history on present-day lives.
@RosannaAmaka | https://rosannaamaka.com
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Lenny Hayden has worked as an actor and director in Dublin for over 25 years And has only recently made the move to London.
Most recently he played Lear in King Lear for Mill Productions Dublin and Directed a devised play Savage Love by Sam Shepard for Imagine Arts Festival in Waterford. He has also written some short stories, short film scripts and a one man stage Show which he performed for an Exquisite Corpse night in Waterford.
Having not written poetry or songs for many years, Lenny wrote
There’s No one at the Wheel to fulfill an artistic pledge made 6 months ago, and will be performing it at BookJam!
