Paul Summers has performed his poetry all over the world. He was founding co-editor of magazines Billy Liar and Liar Republic and a co-director of Liar Inc Ltd, responsible for facilitating creative community and educational projects across the north of England and beyond. He has also written for TV, film, radio and theatre and has collaborated with other artists and musicians on mixed-media projects and public art. He won Northern Arts Writers Awards in 1995 and 1998 and a Northern Writers’ Award in 2008.