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FGI Publishing

I have set up my own publishing company, FGI Publishing, because I want to promote books which are genuinely useful, informative and engaging.

  • My Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Audio Book is now published: free copies available, read more here!

    I am delighted that my new audiobook Analysis & Study Guide: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Complete text & integrated study guide (Creative Study Guide Editions) is now available here on Audible, Amazon and ITunes. The best audio version of the novel there is! I firmly believe that actor and voice artist Richard J. Bunn…

  • Making an audio book of my Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde study guide

    I’m very excited to announce that the marvellous actor and audiobook reader Richard Bunn will be reading my bestselling study guide ‘Analysis and Study Guide: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. The book has proved to be one of my popular books over the years and has continued to sell well. I was impressed by all…

  • The Time Devil

    A fantastic time-travelling story in the format of a ‘teaching script’, which helps teenage readers improve their ability to skim, scan, summarise, and ask questions.

  • The Mindful English Teacher: A Toolkit for Learning and Well-Being

    This unique guide aims to inject a genuine sense of joy into English teaching, using techniques that have been proven to work in a wide range of educational settings.

  • Summer Solstice Readings for National Writing Day at the Word Bookshop, New Cross

    I had a very enjoyable day at Goldsmiths on the summer solstice to celebrate National Writing Day. The summer solstice is: “the time at which the sun is at its northernmost point in the sky(southernmost point in the South hemisphere), appearing at noon at its highest altitude above the horizon.” It is midsummer; the heart of this glorious season, a time when Vikings used to resolve legal disputes, when the sun would align with the Wyoming’s Bighorn medicine wheel and magnificent Aztec architecture,…

  • Illness as an educator #lessonswecanlearnfromteachers

    This article is an extract from a forthcoming book, The Long Game: The Lessons We Can Learn From Long-Serving Teachers. The aim was to interview long-serving teachers, listen to their stories and see if I could draw out any lessons from their experiences. Constructive comments are welcome; they will help me make it a better book.…

  • The perks and perils of competition #lessonswecanlearnfromteachers

    This article is an extract from a forthcoming book, The Long Game: The Lessons We Can Learn From Long-Serving Teachers. The aim was to interview long-serving teachers, listen to their stories and see if I could draw out any lessons from their experiences. Constructive comments are welcome; they will help me make it a better book.…

  • A headteacher confesses: Naughtiness is sometimes a sign of being clever #lessonswecanlearnfromteachers

    This article is an extract from a forthcoming book, The Long Game: The Lessons We Can Learn From Long-Serving Teachers. The aim was to interview long-serving teachers, listen to their stories and see if I could draw out any lessons from their experiences. Constructive comments are welcome; they will help me make it a better book.…

  • Spare the rod and save the child? #lessonswecanlearnfromteachers

    This article is an extract from a forthcoming book, The Long Game: The Lessons We Can Learn From Long-Serving Teachers, which will be published in the near future. The aim was to interview long-serving teachers, listen to their stories and see if I could draw out any lessons from their experiences. Constructive comments are welcome; they will…

  • What my footballing father taught me: get a good education #lessonswecanlearnfromteachers

    This article is an extract from a forthcoming book, The Long Game: The Lessons We Can Learn From Long-Serving Teachers. The aim was to interview long-serving teachers, listen to their stories and see if I could draw out any lessons from their experiences. Constructive comments are welcome; they will help me make it a better book.…

  • An important lesson from a war-time childhood: It’s your friends who make you #lessonswecanlearnfromteachers

    This article is an extract from a forthcoming book, The Long Game: The Lessons We Can Learn From Long-Serving Teachers. Constructive comments are welcome; they will help me make it a better book. Doris Peate was not doing badly for an 87-year-old when I interviewed her in June 2015: she was remarkably alert and energetic,…

  • The Turn of the Screw: The Study Guide Edition

    This edition of Henry James’s haunting narrative contains a comprehensive study guide as well as activities that stimulate and engage. Aimed specifically at pupils reading the book as an exam text, there are detailed instructions about how to understand the challenging language, to appreciate the novel’s contexts and to write effective essays.

  • Brontë’s Wuthering Heights: The Study Guide Edition

    Aimed specifically at pupils reading the book for exams. The complete text is punctuated by analysis and questions on every chapter with answers provided at the back. Essential reading for all students and teachers!

  • ‘St. Cupid’s’ by Kevin Oldham

    Young teacher Paul Flynn arrives at a secondary school in the heart of London’s east end, and encounters a daunting and alien world: poverty-stricken children, incompetent managers and teachers who are wilder than their students.

  • ‘Learning Matters’ by Roger Titcombe

    This book argues that there is an urgent need for a fundamental change in the direction, governance and public accountability of the English education system. It is written by a teacher but it is not exclusively for teachers.

  • Romeo and Juliet: The Study Guide Edition

    Written by a teacher who has taught the text for more than twenty years in various secondary schools, this version is aimed at students who must analyse the text in depth or teachers wanting to deliver outstanding lessons on it. The book contains the complete text together with a parallel modern translation, which most students…

  • Why self-publish? My talk to Goldsmiths’ MA in Creative Writing students

  • About FGI Publishing

    Why did I set up FGI Publishing? I have set up my own publishing company, FGI Publishing, because I want to promote books which are genuinely useful, informative and engaging. What is to stop me self-publishing my own book? Nothing whatsoever! It’s never been easier! And if you’re interested in doing that, I would urge…

  • Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: The Play

    This compelling play is a dramatic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde”, bringing out the full horror of the original story. This is the only stage version which is genuinely faithful to the text, using Stevenson’s words where appropriate.

  • Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: The Study Guide Edition

    This brilliant edition of Stevenson’s novel may be the answer to your prayers. Written by an experienced teacher and best-selling author, this version is aimed at students who must analyse the text in depth or teachers wanting to deliver outstanding lessons on it.