Janet Hatherley has two poems, One or Two Interesting Facts About Dad and With My Back to the Wall, in What Meets the Eye? The Deaf Perspective.

Janet Hatherley lives in London and is a special needs teacher. She has had poems published in several magazines including The Interpreter’s House, Under the Radar, Stand, Coast to coast to coast, Ink Sweat & Tears, Brittle Star and Spelt. She was recently shortlisted in Maytree’s Three Trees Portfolio Award, commended in the Roger McGough Poetry Prize and won third prize in Second Light competition.