Publishing

I published my first textbook, English: Skill by Skill, in 1989. Not many people noticed it. It was a collection of vaguely wacky language activities designed to teach pupils the essential skills of English. That led to a number of projects, and to working with some great collaborators - Michael Marland and Roy Blatchford being the two who made the biggest impact on me.

Since then I've usually written three or four books a year, mostly working on them in snatched moments in holidays, early most mornings, late too many nights. A list of the various books I've been involved in is given below. Click on the heading that interests you.

Now published:

English Progress the new KS3 English resource from Pearson

a revised and updated edition of Grammar Survival: A Teacher's Toolkit published by Routledge

Re-Booting English, a toolkit for English Departments written for the SSAT's Leading Edge programme ... and there's more to come in 2010.

To see the full list of my publications, click on the appropriate heading below:

Skills & Resources - Literature Texts