WILLIAM AYOT
Literary Bio
William Ayot is a poet, author, coach, teacher and ritualist. He works with individuals and groups to explore leadership through poetry, performance and ritul. He is currently Poet-in-Residence at Saïd Business School, Oxford University and sits on the board of Literature Wales. William is a Member of the Welsh Academi, a Fellow of the Guild of Mythodrama Practitioners, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts & Manufactures. He lives with his wife, Juliet Grayson Ayot, in a restored Monmouthshire Gentry House near Chepstow, South East Wales.
Poetry:
The Water Cage (chapbook). Sleeping Mountain Press, 1998
Small Things that Matter. The Well, OMA, 2003
The Inheritance. P S Avalon, 2012
E-Mail from the Soul: New & Selected Leadership Poems. PS Avalon, 2013
The Portable Oasis. CD. 2005
Anthologies, Business Publications, Etc
Leading from Within (Jossey Bass),
Into the Further Reaches (PS Avalon)
Poems for a Liminal Age (SPM)
Poems also appear in
The X & Y of Leadership (Spiro),
Trust Matters (Jossey Bass),
Discovery (Cyan-Marshall Cavendish),
Writing for Self Discovery (Element) Myra Schneider & John Killick
Prose:
Re-Enchanting the Forest: Meaningful Ritual in a Secular World. Vala, Bristol, 2015
Theatre:
Bengal Lancer. Haymarket, Leicester & Lyric, Hammersmith. 1985
Shakespeare’s Ear. Indiana Schools and Libraries tours 2009-present
Awards & Prizes:
Piccadilly Poets Prize (for spoken poetry). 1995
People’s Book Prize – Special Achievement Award. 2013