John Moat

John Moat has taught creative writing to people of all ages, from university graduates to primary school children. In addition to founding Arvon, in 1998 he founded Tandem, a teachers and artists alliance. He has been a broadcaster, a founder trustee of the Yarner Trust (concerned with training for organic freeholding), a former director of the Environmental Research Association and the founder of the Extension Trust, a small frontline arts and education charity. For more than 20 years he has written a column for the leading international alternative magazine, Resurgence. He is also an accomplished artist and illustrator. He lives in North Devon.