Colin Blundell (born October 4, 1937, Kingston-upon-Thames, England). Retired teacher & teacher trainer, occasionally running courses on NLP & the Enneagram. Edited Blithe Spirit, the journal of The British Haiku Society, for 14 years on and off from the first edition in 1992. Supported many developing haiku poets and published members’ work in handmade paperbacks under his Hub Editions imprint. President of the British Haiku Society, he is coauthor of the Haikupedia article “Haiku in the United Kingdom: England." Resides in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England.

Lafcadio Hearn and Basil Hall Chamberlain are thought to be the first to have introduced readers in the British Isles to Japanese haiku in the early years of the 20th century. In 1990 the British Haiku Society (BHS) was set up, and its quarterly membership journal, Blithe Spirit, was launched. Since the beginning an increasingly active community of poets in print as well as online have taken part in the international haiku scene.