About the Author

Anthony Wilson is a poet, writing tutor and Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. His anthology Lifesaving Poems - based on his popular blog - is published by Bloodaxe in 2015. His own books of poetry are Riddance (Worple Press, 2012), Full Stretch: Poems 1996-2006 (Worple Press, 2006), Nowhere Better Than This (Worple Press, 2002) and How Far From Here is Home? (Stride, 1996). His memoir of cancer Love for Now (Impress Books) was published in 2012. Anthony has held writing residencies at The Poetry Society, The Times Educational Supplement, Apples and Snakes, Tate Britain, and The Poetry Trust, for whom he was the 2014 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blogger.