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Neil Astley
Neil Astley (born 12 May 1953) is a British publisher, editor and writer.
==Life and work==
Astley was born in Portchester, Hampshire, and grew up in Fareham, Hampshire. He was educated at Price's School, Fareham (1964–71), the Alliance Française, Paris (1972), and Newcastle University (1975–78; 1979–81).〔''Who's Who 2010'' (A & C Black, 2009).〕 From 1972 to 1975 he worked in Leicester, Colchester, London, Paris and Australia, as a journalist, in publishing (Yale University Press), and as a press officer for Warner Brothers’ magazine division and for Lyons Maid ice cream.〔National Life Story Collection at the British Library Sound Archive (Book Trade Lives transcript)〕 In his essay "The Story of Bloodaxe"〔"The Story of Bloodaxe: 1978-2008", ''In Person: 30 Poets'', filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce, edited by Neil Astley (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), pp237-262.〕 he recounts two early life-changing experiences, the first in France in 1972 when he "spent six months in post-'68 Paris...and was radicalised)". The second was in Darwin, Australia, where he was working as a sub-editor on the Northern Territory News: "On Christmas Day, 1974, Darwin was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy. I was trapped under a collapsed house. This brush with death was enough to send me post haste to Newcastle, where I was soon working as a bus conductor while waiting to start my course." In Newcastle upon Tyne, while studying for his degree at the university, he worked as production editor on Jon Silkin's ''Stand'' magazine for three years, helped organise poetry readings at Morden Tower and became involved with small press editing and publishing.〔
Astley serves on the board of Ledbury Poetry Festival as a trustee as well as on the development committee of Cúirt International Literature Festival in Galway, Ireland. He was formerly an organiser of Newcastle Literary Festival, and as a director for three years of the Poetry Book Society he was responsible for the addition of poetry in translation to the book club's remit. He guest-edited the (Spring 2015 issue ) of the American literary journal ''Ploughshares'', the first all-poetry issue in its 44-year history.〔https://www.pshares.org/issues/spring-2015/about-neil-astley〕 He has been a contributor to numerous radio and television programmes in Britain and Ireland, including the ''Today Programme'', ''Front Row'', ''Midweek'' and ''Start the Week'' on BBC Radio 4, ''The Verb'' on BBC Radio 3, GMTV's ''Sunday Programme'', ''The Arts Show'' and ''Poetry Now'' on RTE.
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