Rose is a Manchester-based Canadian poet. She has won slams across the UK and was a two-time UK national slam finalist. She performs nationally and internationally, featuring at gigs, conferences and festivals.

Rose has written and toured three acclaimed shows: The Geography of Me (Spoken Word Award, Buxton Fringe), The Empathy Experiment (Best Spoken Word Show, Greater Manchester Fringe), and How to Starve an Artist (Runner Up Best Spoken Word Show, Saboteur Awards).

She has published two poetry collections with Manchester’s Flapjack Press:  How to Find Where You Belong (2023) and After the Storm (2020).  She produces and hosts the podcast ‘Have A Kind Word With Yourself’ and she runs creative writing workshops for people of all ages.

https://www.rosecondo.net/

Ben Hodge is 100% transfats.

Ben is a presenter, comedian and an installation performance artist living in Manchester, England. His work shares his experiences as a fat, transmasculine queer person. Ben is a current resident MC for queer comedy nights at Social Refuge, Europe's biggest LGBTQ+ bookshop.  Ben is also currently exploring the empowerment and intersection of fat and queer bodies within his installation works, which are being shown at events nationwide.

Lexington Wilks is a go-getter when it comes to gallivanting. As an inquisitive researcher and collecter of eclectic hobbies, Lexington has published written non-fiction, poetry, fiction, and essays. 

With an obvious interest in remedying social issues, Lexington has presented her research on curriculum & educational development at conferences on both sides of the Atlantic. 

Despite her successes, Lexington remains humble: a corporeal ray of sunshine, a shrewd cultivator of joy, and her own magnum opus.