John Hegley has published numerous volumes of poetry, including Glad to Wear Glasses, My Dog is a Carrot, and Peace, Love & Potatoes. John Hegley performs live in venues all over Britain, including London's Hackney and Bloomsbury Theatres and the Edinburgh Festival, and recently in New Zealand and Australia. He appears on television and radio and his poems are featured regularly in The Guardian. He has published five volumes of poetry. His various media appearances include Wogan, Ross, Anderson, a mention on Brookside, two John Peel sessions with musical outfit The Popticians, They Think It's All Over and a host of others. He has also been the subject of a BBC Radio 4 series Hearing With Hegley. John Hegley lives in North London, where he was born. He recently received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Luton, in which town he grew up. He accompanies some of his verses on the mandolin. He has worked on buses, in a social security office, a hospital and a rag-cleaning factory, but it is the theatre he loves best. His dog ran away in 1985.