The debate over "gold" open access in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) was explored in February in the Times Higher Education cover story. The article featured interview material with Dr Martin Paul Eve and myself, as Academic Project Directors of the Open Library...

In April 2013, my PhD student Chris Callow and I co-organised a conference dedicated to SF writer and academic Adam Roberts titled "New Genre Army: An International Conference on the Writing of Adam Roberts." The conference is part of the Gylphi "Contemporary Writers:...

On 14th-15th September 2012 Tony Venezia and I co-organised a 2-day academic conference dedicated to the writing of China Miéville, called "Weird Council: An International Conference on the Writing of China Miéville." The conference was...

On Friday 18th May I'll be joining the Guardian Higher Education Network for their weekly Live Chat blog. This week's discussion will be focused around "How to be a good lecturer" and I'll be posting as well as answering any questions. You can join the chat from 12:00 to...

On Wednesday 2nd May I was invited to join Siren FM's "Midweek Drive" evening show, joining presenter Alex Lewczuk. Guests included the documentary film-maker Phil Leirness, Sci-Fi London fillm festival director Louis Savy, X-Files actor Dean Haglund, and Hollywood writer...

As part of my interest in sharing academic scholarship with a broader audience beyond the university, I’ve published 2 shorter versions of author interviews with David Mitchell and Jon McGregor in the New Statesman. During the course of my research I’ve become fascinated with the...

In the summer of 2010 a good friend and remarkable poet, Éireann Lorsung, organised a seven-month project and poetry exchange "I am an American Poet: This is American Poetry" in Nottingham. I was fortunate enough to be able to interview two of the visiting poets, Zachary...