Ben Wilkinson

Ben Wilkinson is part of a younger generation of British poets who emerged in the 2000s. His poems tackle themes including identity, social class, mental health and sport, in clearly voiced, accessible poems written out of the landscape of the North. He has lived in Sheffield for most of his life, and the city's rural and post-industrial landscapes often feature in his writing.

His poems and criticism regularly appear in national publications including the Guardian, New Statesman, The Poetry Review, The Spectator, and TLS. His debut collection of poems Way More Than Luck won a Northern Writers Award and was highly commended in the Forward Prizes. His second collection of poems Same Difference is out this year. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of Bolton.