Ken Champion is an internationally published poet whose work has appeared in over a hundred magazines and anthologies, including Rialto, Smiths Knoll, Magma, African American Review and Iodine Poetry Journal.
He has two pamphlets, African Time (2002) and Cameo Poly (2004) published by Tall Lighthouse and, recently, a full collection, But Black & White Is Better (2008). He has also had fiction published in literary journals in the UK and USA.
Ken reads in London and elsewhere and hosts More Poetry at Borough Market. He runs poetry workshops and is Reviews Editor for Tall Lighthouse. A selection of his poems can be found at The Poetry Library.
Tall Lighthouse launched But Black & White Is Better, a full collection of Ken's poetry, on 17th November 2008 at the Poetry Cafe.
Born in London’s East End, Ken lectures in sociology and philosophy, and has worked as a decorator, sign writer, mural painter and commercial artist. He lives in London and has three sons.