Ken Champion is an internationally published poet and writer whose work has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including Rialto, Magma, Bellevue Literary Review, Iodine Poetry Journal, African American Review, and others too numerous to list.
He has two pamphlets, African Time (2002) and Cameo Poly (2004) published by Tall Lighthouse and a full collection, But Black & White Is Better (2008, reprinted 2010). His fiction has been published in the USA and extensively in the UK. He is a Profiled Poet for South Poetry Magazine, reads in London and elsewhere, is a reviewer for Write Out Loud, and hosts More Poetry at The Coffee Shop, London E1.
A selection of his poems can be found at The Poetry Library and poetry p f.
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.