Poetry Workshop with Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Keene Room, Christ Church, Oxford, OX1 1DP
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Poetry workshop with award-winning poet Anthony Vahni Capildeo, organised by Tower Poetry. This exciting opportunity is open to poets from across the university. Free lunch is provided. Only 18 places available.
Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Trinidadian Scottish writer of poetry and non-fiction Anthony Vahni Capildeo FRSL is Professor at the University of York and an Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Capildeo's interests include traditional masquerade, silence, plurilingualism, and place. Their nine books and eight pamphlets have been recognized with awards including the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry, the OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry, the Cholmondeley Award, and the Forward Prize. Capildeo has served as a guest editor of a special ecopoetics issue of Stand magazine, a contributing editor at PN Review and the Caribbean Review of Books, a contributing advisor at Blackbox Manifold, and on numerous mentorship schemes and judging and award committees. Capildeo is a Lay Dominican with the Edinburgh Fraternity.
Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Trinidadian Scottish writer of poetry and non-fiction Anthony Vahni Capildeo FRSL is Professor at the University of York and an Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Capildeo's interests include traditional masquerade, silence, plurilingualism, and place. Their nine books and eight pamphlets have been recognized with awards including the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry, the OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry, the Cholmondeley Award, and the Forward Prize. Capildeo has served as a guest editor of a special ecopoetics issue of Stand magazine, a contributing editor at PN Review and the Caribbean Review of Books, a contributing advisor at Blackbox Manifold, and on numerous mentorship schemes and judging and award committees. Capildeo is a Lay Dominican with the Edinburgh Fraternity.
