BIO:  FRANK FITZPATRICK

Frank Fitzpatrick has proven himself to be a creative visionary and committed advocate for transforming the human spirit through music and film. As a multi­-platinum selling record producer, Grammy-­nominated songwriter, social entrepreneur and award-­winning filmmaker, he has created the soundtracks for over two-­dozen films, produced countless programs and sold over six million albums. At the heart of his work is the mastery of creativity and maximizing engagement through the technologies of emotion.

Rupert is a South African based in the city of Polokwane, and has had a keen interest in nature in general from childhood, inspired by his father. He started focussing on arachnology (specifically spiders) in his teens, which has become his hobby. He studied tour guiding, becoming a guide and tour planner in the late '90s and has been active ever since, planning tours with an emphasis on a balanced experience between both iconic South African experiences and the awesome nature this country has to offer.

Robert McDowell is a poet, performer, social activist for the advancement of women and women’s rights, storyteller, public speaker, educator, editor, and author of 16 books, including Poetry as Spiritual Practice (Free Press/Simon and Schuster). His most recent book, The World Next to This One (poetry), was published in 2014 by Salmon Press, Ireland.



He is also the coauthor of two volumes of literary theory, co-translator of a collection of stories by Ota Pavel in the Eastern European Penguin Classics Series, and editor of three anthologies.