Ian Enters

A graduate of Trinity College, Oxford, I worked in comprehensive schools in London, Sussex and Sheffield for many years as Head of English and Drama and in senior management before becoming Adviser for English and the Arts in Sheffield and Chair of Trustees for the charity Reading Matters. I was Artistic Director of Steel Valley Beacon Arts, a community arts programme, creating and directing many productions and community events. With support from the Arts Council, I wrote the libretto and produced the opera, Avalon, which toured major churches and cathedrals in Yorkshire.

I took early retirement to care for my wife. After her death, Trinity College gave me refuge for a term and the opportunity to develop poetry and drama from the study of Percy Bysshe Shelley. I gave a number of workshops with students on creative responses to literature study. Throughout my life I have maintained my academic interest in Literature. As a Friend of Coleridge I created the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the first publication of Kubla Khan and wrote two pamphlets about the poet's life and work.

I am a published writer of four novels, four poetry collections, many libretti and scripts for community and school musicals. I directed and hosted the British Museum's celebration of the refurbishment of the medieval galleries with music and readings including my translations and reworkings of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Those translations are published as Word Hoard.

I now live in Norfolk to be closer to my children and grandchildren. I continue to write and give readings. I am increasingly engaged in the local Church and community.