Born in Liverpool, Paul Farley studied at the Chelsea School of Art and has lived in London, Brighton, Cumbria and Lancashire. His work has been widely anthologised in collections such as New British Poetry, Being Alive, Poems on the Underground, 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem and Poem for the Day.Paul has had two collections published by Picador.  A third is due in 2006. He appears regularly on The Verb and Night Waves.