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Anthony Wilson

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Taken from his own brilliant website  https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/contact/ Anthony Wilson says:  I  am a poet and writing tutor, and a senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter where I lead the unique Primary PGCE English specialism.  My books of poetry are How Far From Here is Home? (Stride, 1996),  Nowhere Better Than This  (Worple Press, 2002) and Full Stretch: Poems 1996-2006 (Worple Press, 2006) and Riddance. Love for Now, a memoir of my experience of cancer, is available from Impress Books. Bloodaxe Books published the anthology of my blog, Lifesaving Poems, in 2015.

I have held writing residencies at The Poetry Society, The Times Educational Supplement, The Poetry Trust, Apples and Snakes and Tate Britain. My books include The Poetry Book for Primary Schools (1998) and Creativity in Primary Education (2015).

Research  My research is in the field of poetry in education. I am co-convener of the ESRC Seminar Series Poetry Matters. My work includes Teachers as Writers, a joint investigation with Open University and the Arvon Foundation, and Bath Festivals’ The Write Team, both on the impact of creative writers working in schools. My recent research on teachers’ conceptualisations of poetry has been published in English Teaching: Practice and Critique, Language and Education, Thinking Skills and Creativity, and Research Papers in Education.

He co-edited Making Poetry Matter, co-edited with Sue Dymoke and Andrew Lambirth and based on the Poetry Matters Seminar Series, is out now. Making Poetry Happen was Highly Commended in the UKLA Academic Book of the Year Award, 2016.

Teaching  I was shortlisted for a University of Exeter Outstanding Regional Impact award in 2011 for my involvement with Exetreme Imagination. I have been nominated for a University of Exeter ‘outstanding teacher’ award for the last five consecutive years. I was nominated to represent Exeter University’s College of Social Sciences and International Studies at Research Uncovered in January 2017.  My poetry writing lesson plans can be found online at The Poetry Trust, The Poetry Archive and the Poetry Society.

I am a poet and writing tutor, and a senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter where I lead the unique Primary PGCE English specialism.

Poetry and writing

My books of poetry are How Far From Here is Home? (Stride, 1996), Nowhere Better Than This (Worple Press, 2002) and Full Stretch: Poems 1996-2006 (Worple Press, 2006) and Riddance, which you can buy from me direct by using the Paypal button at the foot of this page. Alternatively you can buy it direct from Worple Press here.

Love for Now, a memoir of my experience of cancer, is available from Impress Books.

Bloodaxe Books published the anthology of my blog, Lifesaving Poems, in 2015.

I have held writing residencies at The Poetry Society, The Times Educational Supplement, The Poetry Trust, Apples and Snakes and Tate Britain. My books include The Poetry Book for Primary Schools (1998) and Creativity in Primary Education (2015).

You can watch videos of me speaking and giving readings here.

The following links take you to pages where you can read and listen to interviews I have given on my experience of cancer, poetry and blogging, Lifesaving Poems, and writing.

Research

My research is in the field of poetry in education. I am co-convener of the ESRC Seminar Series Poetry Matters. My work includes Teachers as Writers, a joint investigation with Open University and the Arvon Foundation, and Bath Festivals’ The Write Team, both on the impact of creative writers working in schools.

My recent research on teachers’ conceptualisations of poetry has been published in English Teaching: Practice and Critique, Language and Education, Thinking Skills and Creativity, and Research Papers in Education.

Making Poetry Matter, co-edited with Sue Dymoke and Andrew Lambirth and based on the Poetry Matters Seminar Series, is out now.

Making Poetry Happen was Highly Commended in the UKLA Academic Book of the Year Award, 2016.

Teaching

I was shortlisted for a University of Exeter Outstanding Regional Impact award in 2011 for my involvement with Exetreme Imagination. I have been nominated for a University of Exeter ‘outstanding teacher’ award for the last five consecutive years. I was nominated to represent Exeter University’s College of Social Sciences and International Studies at Research Uncovered in January 2017.  My poetry writing lesson plans can be found online at The Poetry Trust, The Poetry Archive and the Poetry Society.

 

  • Brilliant Lives (Deptford Schools Poetry Festival)

    Performance: Brilliant Lives (Deptford Schools Poetry Festival)

    6 May 1995 at 
    Albany (46)
    Wavelengths Library (1)
    School who worked with resident poets Leah Thorn and Anthony Wilson to produce and finally perform their poetry alongside well known poets. The morning performance showcase was at the Albany with the Grinling Gibbons Primary School and guest poets Mike Rosen, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze and Anthony Wilson. The afternoon performance showcase was ...
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