Viki Holmes lived and wrote in Cardiff, Wales for seven years. her poetry has been widely anthologised and she has had publications in Wales, England, Tasmania, Hong Kong, Singapore and in online journals such as Retort and Getunderground.  She was twice a finalist in the John Tripp awards for spoken poetry, and was runner up in Hong Kong’s inaugural poetry slam. She has studied Egyptology, Welsh language and English literature. She currently lives in Hong Kong where she teaches in a Buddhist kindergarten and regularly performs her poetry.