Angela Topping works as a freelance poet in schools. She has had poems for children published in over 100 anthologies and has her own collection for children, The New Generation (Salt 2010) with plans for a second. She has delivered workshops in primary schools all over the country, from Scotland to Cornwall. She is a former secondary and FE teacher of English and Drama, who completed 7 years voluntary work in primary school, and has also worked closely with transition projects between year 6 and 7.