Trinidadian Scottish writer Anthony V. Capildeo FRSL has published seventeen poetry titles and one volume of non-fiction, Masqueraders: Selected Essays (Carcanet, 2026). Their work draws on research and influences ranging from Old Norse to Caribbean traditional masquerade. Capildeo is Writer in Residence and Professor at the University of York, an Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and a Lay Dominican with the Edinburgh fraternity. Capildeo believes that a fossil fuel-free, genocide-free books industry is possible.
