Vicky Wilson was the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year 2007–2008 and is currently a member of the Canterbury Laureate Squad, charged with stimulating writing in schools and the wider community. Her poems have been published in her collection Line Dancing as well as in magazines and anthologies and she has performed her work in several venues in Kent and London. Vicky has worked in book and magazine publishing for 30 years and has a track-record of organising and producing events and publications for educational institutions and to raise money for charities.