I am a poet who publishes and gives readings of his work, and also runs workshops. In recent years I have developed a special interest in dementia and bringing the arts to those with the condition; this includes helping them to write their original poems.

BOOKS

Windhorse: Poems Rockingham Press: Herts (1995)

Writing for Self-Discovery (with Myra Schneider) Element: London (1998), reissued

    Vega (2002)

You Are Words: Dementia Poems Hawker: London (1997)

Openings: Dementia Poems and Photographs (with Carl Cordonnier) Hawker (2000)

Communication and the Care of People with Dementia (with Kate Allan) Open

    University Press (2001)

The Arts and Dementia Care: a Resource Guide (with Anne Basting) National Center

    For Aging: New York (2003)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

A Matter of Life and Death of the Mind in C. Hunt and F. Sampson Eds. The Self on

    the Page: Theory and Practice of Creative Writing in Personal Development

    Jessica Kingsley: London (1998)

Magic Mirrors: What People with Dementia Show us About Ourselves in A. Jewell Ed.

    Spirituality and Ageing Jessica Kingsley (2003)

?It is Mine! It is Mine!?: Writing and Dementia in F. Sampson Ed. Creative Writing in

    Health Care Jessica Kingsley: London (2003)