Anthony was born in Trinidad. He is a poet, novelist, academic and musician. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths University and is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at King’s College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the Colm Toibin Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool in 2018 and was awarded a Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship in 2019. Anthony is the author of six poetry collections: Desafinado, Teragaton, Bird Head Son, Rubber Orchestras, Sonnets for Albert and Precious & Impossible: Selected Poems. Sonnets for Albert won the 2022 T. S. Eliot Prize and the poetry category for the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. It was shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection 2022. A new collection of poetry, Haunting the Black Air, will be published in 2026. He has also written three novels, The African Origins of UFOs, Kitch: A Fictional Biography of a Calypso Icon, which was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and longlisted for the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and The Frequency of Magic. As a musician he has released eight critically acclaimed albums. Anthony lives in London.
Website: www.anthonyjoseph.co.uk
