It was one of those throwaway remarks made by one writer, male, to another, ditto, in one of those books … More
Author: Anthony Wilson
The year of not blogging
There’s a problem with that title, isn’t there? While I have not been completely silent (fifteen blog posts at most? … More
Discovering Geoffrey Summerfield’s Worlds
In support of crowdfunding our new anthology of poems, No One You Know, with Unbound, Sue Dymoke and I are … More
No One You Know -a new anthology with Unbound
With my friend and colleague Sue Dymoke I am delighted to announce the launch of No One You Know a new project … More
The Power and Potential of Poetry
This is The Power and Potential of Poetry , the talk I gave today at the Somerset Literacy Network annual conference. … More
Back to school
Every September is the same. I pack a bag for work, set off into the still warm sunshine, and wonder … More
What really matters?
I was on the phone to a writer friend the other week. In itself this is a rare occurrence: normally … More
On cancer as a ‘fight’
Yesterday former US President Barack Obama tweeted his support of Senator John McCain who has just been diagnosed with brain … More
Lost
There I was, minding my own business, trying to sort something out via email when it would have been easier … More
On giving feedback
I found myself in the position of giving feedback to some writers recently. The writers were teachers who had signed … More
Cured
A Tuesday, appropriately. (Tuesday being the day I was formally diagnosed.) Poetic, it strikes me now. But at the time, … More
On Not Being Anthony Wilson
On Not Being Anthony Wilson I haven’t always been Anthony Wilson. For a long time I wasn’t even Anthony. … More
Writing in the cracks
I was having a coffee with a new writer friend the other day. Not having known each other for very … More
Smith
Smith Objectionable, mercurial, fierce, wise, bandaged, solitary and irresistible, Phil Smith and I were not close. Only in our … More
What do I know?
One of the more interesting paradoxes of analysing the interviews of professional writers during the Teachers as Writers (TaW) … More
The Next Swim
For a number of reasons –too much grief in my life, too sedentary, too much television, too out … More
Creativity: a provocation
You can download the PowerPoint of my talk at Mount Kelly College, on 18 April 2017, here: Creativity_a provocation_Mount Kelly College_April … More