Anne-Marie Glasheen – poet, photographer and translator – English mother and Belgian father, spent her early childhood in Belgium. A past chair of the Translators Association, Glasheen translates fiction, non-fiction, plays, poetry and art history books.

She coordinates cultural exchange programmes and festivals; runs literary projects, gives public readings, lectures, broadcasts, runs workshops, writes articles and poetry in English and French and has been published in Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the UK and USA. In 1998, she was the recipient of the Belgian francophone prize for translation. Her poetry and photographs were exhibited in the award-winning Peckham library in 2003 where she is a regular performer. In 2004 she had two solo exhibitions in south London. In May 2005, an exhibition (part of Southwark’s Write Stuff! Festival) marked the start of a one-year Poet/Photographer in residence at Peckham Library. She has only recently turned to writing haiku and creating haiga – poetic forms she is keen to develop.