He taught for twelve years in a Leeds hospital unit for the mentally handicapped, and went on to study for an M.A. in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, where his tutors were novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain.
He taught for twelve years in a Leeds hospital unit for the mentally handicapped. Bowker remortgaged his house in order to study for an M.A. in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, where his tutors were novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain.