Having lived, studied and taught in Canada for a number of years, writer Michael W. Thomas now lives in Worcestershire, UK.  Until recently, he was Associate Lecturer on undergraduate and postgraduate Arts and Literature programmes at The Open University, UK.  Thomas is an internationally-known poet, fiction-writer, dramatist and musician.  Between 2004 and 2009, he was Poet-in-Residence at the annual Robert Frost Poetry Festival, Key West, Florida, a title he retains in an honorary capacity. He is now also Poet-at-Large in the Navy of the Conch Republic of Key West.  He continues to give readings of his work in a variety of venues.

Thomas has published ten collections of poetry, three novels and two collections of short fiction. His most recent poetry collections are Nothing Louche or Bohemian (with Tina Cole) and A Time For Such A Word (both Black Pear Press); his most recent short fiction collection is Sing Ho! Stout Cortez: Novellas and Stories (Black Pear Press); his most recent novel is The Erkeley Shadows (KDP / Swan Village Reporter).  With Simon Fletcher, he edited The Poetry of Worcestershire (Offa’s Press).  His work has appeared in Acumen, The Antigonish Review (Canada), The Antioch Review (US), The Cannon’s Mouth, Critical Survey, Crossroads (Poland), Dream Catcher, Etchings (Australia), Irish Studies Review, Irish University Review, Magazine Six (US), Pennine Platform, Poetry Salzburg Review, The Times Literary Supplement and Under the Radar, among others. He has reviewed for The London Magazine, Other Poetry, The Times Literary Supplement and Writing in Education and is on the editorial board of Crossroads: A Journal of English Studies (University of Bialystok, Poland). He was long-listed for the National Poetry Competition, 2020 and 2022, and long-listed and short-listed for the Indigo Dreams Spring Poetry Prize, 2023. He was the winner of the Buzzwords Open Poetry Competition, 2025.  For more information, please visit: www.michaelwthomas.co.uk 
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