His collection, Asterisk (2011), combines poems with photographs (by Marion Frith) in exploring Shandy Hall, the birthplace of Laurence Sterne. Analogue/digital: new & selected poems is scheduled for publication in 2015. His research has focused on the work of writers in schools and universities, and he was instrumental in the development of the new Creative Writing qualification introduced in secondary schools in England last year. He is a member of the AAWP Executive Committee, and a co-editor of Meniscus. He is editor in chief of Writing in Education and the new peer-reviewed journal of Creative Writing research, Writing in Practice.