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Roddy Lumsden has published five books of poetry, most recently Third Wish Wasted (Bloodaxe). Originally from St Andrews, he lives in London where he has taught for City University, Morley College, Metropolitan, City Lit and The Poetry School. He has done editing work on several prize-winning poetry collections and is organiser and host of the reading series BroadCast in London. A popular performer of his work, he has read widely in the UK and the US and in Sweden, Ireland and the Philippines. Former Vice Chair of the Poetry Society of Great Britain, he has been shortlisted for the TS  Eliot Prize and several others and was awarded an International Fellowship at the Banff Center in Ontario in 2001. He has also carried out several residency projects, including being poet-in-residence to the music industry and in a five-star hotel and golf resort. He works as a puzzle and quiz writer and popular reference compiler / editor.