Ian McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1957. He published his first Carcanet book of poems, "The Changing Problem," in 1980. "Now It Can Be Told" appeared in 1983, " Dad, the Donkey s On Fire "in 1994." Selected Poems" (Poetry Book Society Recommendation) has gone through several printings. He first made his name through his work with the Poetry Circus in the early 1980s. Since then he has become famous for his work in schools, radio and television (the Mark Radcliffe Show, The Verb, Poetry Please and Newsnight Review), as Poet in Residence for Barnsley F.C., and in poetry venues across the nation."
