He’s manager of the Arts Council England-supported Offa’s Press, www.offaspress.co.uk. He’s won various prizes and awards and his poetry has been broadcast on BBC Radio Shropshire and the BBC Asian Network. Simon is currently one of the ‘Poets on Loan’ in West Midlands’ libraries. His most recent collection, Close to Home, 2015, Headland, was described by one critic as “beautiful, poignant, joyful poetry.”