Anne Layton-Bennett

Born and bred in England, Anne Layton-Bennett has lived in Tasmania since 1988. Always an inveterate letter writer, she had some early success in writing competitions but apart from two or three short fiction pieces the yellow brick road to publishing success has largely followed the non-fiction path.

Challenged several years ago to try her hand at writing poetry, Anne also now has a growing portfolio of poems – some of which have been published.

Anne currently works as a freelance journalist, and is a regular contributor of science-based, animal-related articles for specialist monthly magazine The Veterinarian. She co-edited: An Inspired Pursuit: 40 years of writing by women in northern Tasmania (Karuda Press) 2002, and has several essays included in An Inspired Pursuit: Volume 2, (Tatlers) 2012. Her work is also included in Breaking the boundaries: Australian activists tell their stories (Wakefield Press) 2016, and The Fabric of Launceston (Launceston Historical Society) 2016.

Anne still writes letters, and she is currently working on a book.