MICHAEL SHARKEY, editor of the Australian Poetry Journal and author of more than a dozen collections of poems, is a former Associate Professor of Literature and Communication Studies at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) and Chair (1993-2012) of the New England Writers Centre.

GORDON COLLIER, co-editor of the book series Cross/Cultures and the African studies journal Matatu, has also edited or co-edited several critical collections on postcolonial literatures and has published widely in the same field, including a study of Patrick White and an edition of Derek Walcott's journalism.