David Morley is a leading British poet, critic and ecologist. He has published 21 books, including 11 collections of poetry. His poetry and prose have been translated into several languages and his book on creative writing The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing is popular around the world.

His new collection of poems from Carcanet is Enchantment, a Telegraph Book of the Year.  Poems from the new book appeared in The London Review of Books, PN Review, The Times, The Guardian and Poetry Review. His previous collection The Invisble Kings was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and a TLS Book of the Year.

David is also known for his pioneering ecological poetry installations within natural landscapes and the creation of ‘slow poetry’ sculptures and I-Cast poetry films. David’s creative writing podcasts are among the most popular literature downloads on iTunes worldwide.Two episodes of his 'writing challenges' are now preloaded onto all demo macs used in Apple Stores across the world.

David read Zoology at Bristol University, gaining on graduation a fellowship from the Freshwater Biological Association. He then conducted research on acid rain. David Morley then directed the National Association of Writers in Education. He was elected deputy chair of The Poetry Society (UK) and co-founded The Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden.

He co-edited a bestselling anthology The New Poetry for Bloodaxe Books (1993) and edited the British and Irish poetry list for Arc Publications for ten years. David directed the 1995 World Poetry Festival and 1995 National Small Press Festival in Huudersfield.

Throughout his career Morley has advised British governments on national arts and literature funding, and served on panels for regional and national Arts Councils in England.

In 1996 he founded the Warwick Writing Programme with Jeremy Treglown. The University of Warwick awarded him a personal Chair in 2007, and a D.Litt in 2008.

David has received fourteen literary awards, including a major Eric Gregory Award, a Tyrone Guthrie Award from Northern Arts, a Hawthorden International Writers Fellowship, an Arts Council Writers Award, a Creative Ambitions Award, the Raymond Williams Prize, and an Arts Council Fellowship. 

David  has also received two awards for his teaching, including a National Teaching Fellowship. A pamphlet of new poems The Rose of the Moon was a winner of the Templar Poetry Prize 2009 judged by the distinguished poet Tim Liardet. David was himself one of the judges of The Cholmondeley Awards from The Society of Authors from 2006-2010.

David Morley is the Director of the Warwick Prize for Writing. He has been a guest on a number of broadcast programmes including Front Row, Open Book and The Late Show.

He has written criticism, essays and reviews for newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, Poetry Review, PN Review, Magma, Modern Poetry in Translation and The Times Higher Education Supplement. He has just co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing for publication in January 2012.

He tutors for The Arvon Foundation, The Poetry School and Maddy Prior's Stones Barn courses.