André Mangeot Author

André Mangeot Born in Gloucestershire to Anglo-French parents, André was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. Alongside his writing he worked as a charity fundraiser for nearly twenty years and is now a freelance consultant. He divides his time between Cambridge and South Wales. He has published two poetry collections: Natural Causes (Shoestring, 2003) and Mixer (Egg Box, 2005) along with two books of short stories, A Little Javanese (Salt, 2008; pbk 2011) and True North (Salt, 2010). True North was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor and Edge Hill Prizes in 2011. He has been a prizewinner in several leading competitions, including the Bridport and Wigtown/Scottish National, and for a number of years he was a member of the poetry performance group The Joy of Six. His poetry has appeared in The Spectator, New Statesman, TLS and many other leading journals and he has read his work at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Cambridge Wordfest, LSE Arts Festival, Chichester University, StAnza International Poetry Festival, the Poetry and Troubadour Cafés in London and the Dartington Literature Festival.