Peter Wyton

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Peter Wyton is a 'poet of page and performance' who has published a number of books and who has appeared on BBC Radio. He is a widely published and prize-winning poet who has appeared at venues as diverse as Cheltenham Literature Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Oxford TV, Lewes Prison and arts centres and theatres throughout the United Kingdom. [1] His work has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please and Something Understood , and has been nominated for the Forward Poetry Prize. He also reached the final of Radio 4's first Poetry Slam. [2]

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Early life

At 12, Peter Wyton was financing his collection of Arthur Ransome books on Children's Hour, which paid seven shillings and sixpence in book-tokens per broadcast. [3]

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Later life

He is published by Tempus Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire and has been twice nominated for the Forward Poetry Prize. He is Gloucestershire 1000 Poet Laureate. In 2008 he published Not All Men Are From Mars (A Poetry Book for Women's Aid), a collection of 55 poems centred on women, including a range of themes from violence and discrimination, to individual women of historical importance. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Wyton - Not All Men Are From Mars". Gloucester Likal. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Festival Programme". Ledbury Poetry Festival 2008. Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Performers - Peter Wyton". Hammer and Tongue. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
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