Jane Draycott
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Jane Draycott is a poet who has worked in sound as well as text. Her poetry collections include Tideway (2002), Prince Rupert's Drop (1999), Christina the Astonishing (1998) with Lesley Saunders and No Theatre (1997).
She has been poet in residence at the River and Rowing Museum, Henley and lectured in creative writing at the Universities of Reading and Oxford and online for the trAce Online Writing Centre. She was the winner of the 2002 Keats Shelley Prize. In 2004 she was named as one of the Next Generation poets. She is currently a mentor on the Crossing Borders (http://www.crossingborders-africanwriting.org) creative writing scheme, set up by the British Council and Lancaster University.