Antony Dunn

Poet and creative writing tutor
Poet
Available for:
Editing, Festivals and other events, Judging, Lecturing and teaching, Library visits, Live readings and performances, Media, Mentoring, Proofreading, Public speaking, Reader reports, Residencies, School visits, Workshops

Antony Dunn’s fifth collection of poems, Inbetween Days, is published by Valley Press in 2026. His four earlier collections are Pilots and Navigators (Oxford University Press), Flying Fish (Carcanet OxfordPoets), Bugs (Carcanet OxfordPoets) and Take This One to Bed (Valley Press). He edited and introduced Ex Libris, the posthumous collection of poems by David Hughes (Valley Press).

Antony has been the winner of the Newdigate Prize, an Eric Gregory Award and the Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry in 2026.

He is a regular tutor for The Poetry School, has taught many times for the Arvon Foundation and has worked on a number of translation projects with poets from Holland, Hungary, Israel/Palestine and China.

Antony has been Poet in Residence at Ilkley Literature Festival, the University of York and the People Powered Press. Until 2018 he was Artistic Director of the Bridlington Poetry Festival. He lives in Leeds.