Anne Ryland moved from London to the Borders seven years ago. She works as a part-time tutor in Adult Education at her local community centre. Her first full-length collection of poetry, Autumnologist, is to be published by Arrowhead Press in spring 2006. Earlier this year she was awarded a Northern Promise Award by New Writing North to support her with the development of a second collection. Her poems have appeared in a range of magazines including Acumen, London Magazine, Staple, Scintilla, The Interpreter's House, Northwords, and The Red Wheelbarrow, as well as in anthologies such as Entering the Tapestry (Enitharmon, 2003) and Four Caves of the Heart (Second Light, 2004). She has also published the occasional article and book review.