Anthony Wilson University of Exeter, UK

Anthony Wilson works as a Teaching Fellow in Primary English at the University of Exeter. A published poet, his books include “How Far From Here Is Home?” (Stride, 1996), “The Difference” (Aldeburgh Poetry Trust, 1999) and “Nowhere Better Than This” (Worple Press, 2002). He has held writing residencies for Apples and Snakes Poets, The Aldeburgh Poetry Trust and The Poetry Society, for whom he co-edited The Poetry Book for Primary Schools (Poetry Society, 1998), “an inspirational compilation” according to the Times Educational Supplement. In addition, he has lectured on Tate Britain's Speaking Pictures and Visual Paths programmes, organises training for teachers with the Poetry Society, and is a trainer for the Poetry Society's poetry class team.