Roger Bloor

Dr. Roger Bloor is a retired consultant psychiatrist and former Senior Lecturer and Teaching Fellow at Keele University School of Medicine. He was prior to his retirement the Lead for Medical Humanities at Keele and has written scientific research papers, popular medical journal articles, medical history articles and has also been writing poetry for over 60 years.

He has poems published or in The Hippocrates Prize Anthology 2017 and 2019, Poetry Now Anthology " Growing Old', Allegro Poetry, Affect Publications 'StillBorn', Words for the Wild Anthology 2018, The Bridges Anthology, The Landscapes Anthology and Magma.

His collection of Poems 'A Less Clear Dream' was shortlisted for the Arnold Bennett Book Prize 2018. his long poem Aldgedeslegh was shortlisted for the Arnold Bennett Book Prize 2019.

He is the winner of the Poetry London Clore prize 2019