I’m the author of four poetry collections published by Carcanet Press, most recently Come Here to This Gate (2024). I’m also a critic for the press, have published several books of literary criticism (mainly on modern and contemporary British poetry), and co-edit the poetry pamphlet publisher New Walk Editions. I am currently leading a project on Lincolnshire folk tales for the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and am writing a (prose) book about folk tales and landscape. 

I was born in Belfast in 1981, but grew up mainly in Lincolnshire, and have settled (for now, at least) in Nottingham.

I am Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature at Nottingham Trent University, where I lead the MA Creative Writing, supervise PhD students, and teach on the BA courses in English and Creative Writing. I’ve also mentored poets independently.

you can contact me via my website.