Dr William Bedford

Career: writer and poet; claims and new business broker with various Lloyds brokers 1963-71, founding ed Enigma 1966-67, postgrad tutor Univ of Sheffield 1977-79, ed Delta 1978-79, lectr Middlesex Poly 1980-81, tutor Open Univ 1981-82, contrib to Agenda (also occasional ed 1980, 1988 and 1989), Catholic Herald, Daily Telegraph, Encounter, Essays in Criticism, Harpers, The Independent, International Literary Quarterly, London Review of Books, London Magazine, The Nation (NY), Poetry Review, Punch, The Southern Review, Temenos Review, The Tribune, Warwick Review, Washington Times, The Tablet and others 1978-; memb Editorial Bd Poetry Salzburg Review (also contrib); Arts Cncl Major Bursary 1978, runner-up Guardian Fiction Prize 1990, Soc of Authors Award 1993, Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Award 1993, Yorkshire Arts Award 2000, Royal Literary Fund Award 2007, Royal Literary Fund fell Oxford Brookes Univ

Books and Publications: Books Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (contrib, 1974, 1975 and 1976); Poetry Whatever There is of Light (1975), The Hollow Landscapes (1977), Journeys (1988), Imaginary Republics (1993), The Redlit Boys (2000); Anthologies incl: New Poetry (1975), Ten English Poets (1976), Go and open the door (1987), God gives nuts to those who have no teeth (1990), Wild and Wonderful (2002), Collecting Bottle Tops: Selected Poems 1960-2008, None of the Cadillacs Was Pink: Selected Short Stories and Non-Fiction 1984-2008; Fiction Happiland (1990), Golden Gallopers (1991), All Shook Up (1992), Nightworld (1992), Catwalking (1993), The Lost Mariner (1995), Jacob's Ladder (1996), The Freedom Tree (1997), The Joy Riders (1998), Esme's Owl (1999), The Stowaway (2001), Great Expectations: a retelling (2002), Whitemen (2003), Nicholas Nickleby: a dramatisation (2004), Theseus and the Minotaur: a retelling (2004), The Glow-worm Who Lost Her Glow (2004), The Coral Island: a retelling (2004); Drama The Man Who Invented Words (BBC Radio Sheffield 1979), The Piano Player (BBC Radio 4, 2003)