Mardi May is a Life Member of the KSP Writers’ Centre who has also facilitated the Social History Writing Group (Past Tense) since its inception in 2002, and the Poetry Group (Poets@KSP) since 2008. She has published ten books of poetry and social history, and won numerous awards in several writing genres. Each year, she edits the anthologies for her groups and organises selection panels for the KSP Writer-in-Residence program.