'Martin Christmas lives in South Australia, has an MA in Australian Cultural Studies and is a performance poet, photographer and professional theatre director. He was poetry mentored by Jules Leigh Koch and has been published in several Australian print anthologies, including Friendly Street Poets, and Pure Slush, as well as on the net in Bluepepper and InDaily. He teaches presentation elements to young spoken word poets and runs community poetry workshops for established poets. ' (Source : Ginninderra Press website )