Paul's work is funny, fast-moving, hip, accessible, rhythmic, clever and real. He has run hundreds of workshops in secondary and primary schools, youth projects and prisons.

As a performance poet, he has gigged 10 Edinburgh Festivals and many prestigious venues in cities as diverse as New York to Belfast. In 2008, he was Poet for the London Borough of Brent, becoming the first poet to perform at the New Wembley stadium. Paul presented and starred alongside former World Poetry Slam Champion Kat Francois in the BBC/CBBC television programme 'The Big Slam Poetry House'.

He has 2 poems published in the new 'Michael Rosen's A-Z of poetry' (Penguin/puffin). In 2005, he was invited to take part in the Cheltenham Literature Festival's 'All star poetry slam show'. Paul returned to Cheltenham in 2009 performing to a 400 strong crowd supporting Michael Rosen. His new first full collection, 'Catching the cascade' - Flipped Eye is available from bookshops November 10th. He has performed with Will Self, John Hegley,Jean ‘Binta' Breeze, Roger McGough, John Cooper Clarke, Andrea Leavy, George Best and Michael Rosen. More unusual gigs have included opening for 'The Libertines' and appearing on the national news, as a result of a scheme to bring poetry to the masses, in which Paul performed on a regular working No73 bus as it wound it way through Central London to Oxford St.

Paul offers over 15 years experience as live poet, working with children and adults. He has successfully held his own at Edinburgh's notorious late night Fringe club (back in its bear pit days) to captivating Reception class (for the whole of the morning).

Reviews:

Always charismatic. The London Evening Standard

Extremely good poetry, but smiles too much. John Hegley

Poetry with attitude... somewhere between Bradford and the Lower East Side. The Independent

A very talented poet. The Stage

Very, very, very funny and very, very, very feel-good. National Union of Students Magazine

...... the advent of so many tiresomely talented newcomers such as Milton Keynes’ dynamic Mark Niel, whose popular evenings at Wolverton are enhancing his reputation. Peter Wyton