Cath Drake, an Australian who lives in London, has been published in anthologies and literary magazines in UK, Australia, and US, and performed widely. She has been short-listed for the Venture Poetry Prize and the Manchester Poetry Prize, and was second in the 2017 Resurgence Poetry School eco-poetry prize. Sleeping with Rivers won a Mslexia/Seren poetry pamphlet prize and was a Poetry Book Society choice. The Shaking City is her first full collection. Her work has included environmental writing, award-winning journalism, and teaching mindfulness.