Haworth Hodgkinson is a poet and playwright, composer and improvising musician, whose work often involves collaboration with other writers, musicians, dancers and visual artists, as well as solo performances combining poetry and music. He performs as poet and musician with the multimedia Blue Salt Collective, and is the founder and artistic director of North-East Scotland's New Words festival.

His poetry is widely published in magazines and anthologies, and in two collections, "A Weakness for Mermaids" (Koo Press, 2007) and "Tractor Bastard" (Malfranteaux Concepts, 2012).

See www.haworthhodgkinson.co.uk for more.