Gilbert, Francis. 2025. The Mindful Creative Writing Teacher: A Toolkit for Creativity and Wellbeing. London: FGI Publishing. ISBN 9781913694111
Gilbert, Francis. 2019. Snow on the Danube. London: Blue Door Press. ISBN 9781916475403
Gilbert, Francis. 2018. The Mindful English Teacher: A Toolkit for Learning and Well-Being. London: FGI Publishing. ISBN 978-1974255863
Gilbert, Francis. 2017. Who Do You Love. London: Blue Door Press. ISBN 978-1539626183
Gilbert, Francis. 2017. How to Get A Great English Degree. London: FGI Publishing. ISBN 978-1492282181
Gilbert, Francis. 2016. Lewis Carroll’s Alice Novels: The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Guide Edition. London: FGI Publishing. ISBN 9781494758646
Edited Book
Sweeney, Carrie; Januchowski-Hartley, Stephanie and Gilbert, Francis, eds. 2024. Freeing Creative Voice. London: Centre for Language, Culture and Learning. ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½. ISBN 9781913694098
Friedland, Deborah; Troiano, Gabriel and Gilbert, Francis, eds. 2022. Diversity and Inspiration. London: Gold Publishing (Centre for Languages, Culture and Learning). ISBN 9781913694074
Gilbert, Francis, ed. 2022. Creative Power: Investigating Creative Writing & Its Value. London: Gold Publishing (Centre for Languages, Culture and Learning). ISBN 9781913694081
Gilbert, Francis, ed. 2020. Dreams and Nightmares: The Gold Schools Anthology 2020. London: Gold Schools Publishing. ISBN 9781913694029
Brankin, Emma; Gilbert, Francis and Sharples, Carinya, eds. 2020. Inspire: Exciting Ways to Teach Creative Writing. London: Gold Publishing. ISBN 9781913694043
Edited Journal
Gilbert, Francis, ed. 2020. Writing in Practice, Writing in Practice, 6. 2058-5535
Book Section
Gilbert, Francis and Macleroy, Vicky. 2026. The affective flows of creative writing research: How do bespoke research assemblages provide the methods and methodologies needed to open up new possibilities in creative writing research? In: Jon Udelson and Ben Ristow, eds. Seeking Our Places: Innovations in Creative Writing Studies Research, Methodologies, and Practices. Oxford: Peter Lang. ISBN 9781636672854
Gilbert, Francis and Stewart, Anna. 2026. How can we help young people improve their local environments? How can they become agents of change? In: Miranda Matthews, ed. Ecologies in Practice and Learning: Arts Interventions in the Earth Crisis. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 75-89. ISBN 9783031823374
Gilbert, Francis. 2025. Four ways personal language autobiographies can transform the English teaching of Generation Alpha. In: Lorna Smith, ed. Secondary English for Generation Alpha: Humane Pedagogy for Local, National and International Contexts. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 119-130. ISBN 9781032765990
Gilbert, Francis. 2025. Using creative writing to fuel creativity. In: Jen Katz-Buonincontro and Todd Kettler, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Creativity and Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 495-511. ISBN 9780197698181
Macleroy, Vicky and Gilbert, Francis. 2021. A Century of Teaching Creative Writing in Schools. In: Andrew Green, ed. The New Newbolt Report: One Hundred Years of Teaching English in England. Oxford: Routledge. ISBN 9781003141891
Gilbert, Francis. 2020. The Haunted House: Teaching Creative Writing Through Collaborative Learning to 9-13 year olds. In: Emma Branking; Francis Gilbert and Carinya Sharples, eds. Inspire: Exciting Ways of Teaching Creative Writing. Centre for Language, Culture and Learning, pp. 107-125. ISBN 9781913694043
Article
Gilbert, Francis and Bogard, Debbie. 2025. Guerrilla CPD. BERA Research Intelligence(163), p. 26. ISSN 0307-9023
Gilbert, Francis and Dobson, Tom. 2025. Towards boundary crossing: primary and secondary school teachers teaching creative writing and its redrafting. English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 24(1), pp. 17-32. ISSN 2059-5727
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. The British Library, research and creative writing. Francis Gilbert's website,
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. What can the opera ‘Carmen’ teach us about domestic violence? Blue Door Press Blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. Of Note- Four Ways Taking Notes have Enriched My Life. Blue Door Press Blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. Four reasons we should all learn about Green Careers (+ some top job hunting tips!). Educational Studies blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. ‘I need you to jump out of your seat and go plant more flowers!’ What do primary school children in Lambeth want for their local parks? Educational Studies Blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. Four ways education can make the world more socially just. Educational Studies blog,
Tom, Dobson and Gilbert, Francis. 2024. Becoming the falconer: productive feedback for the redrafting of creative writing. New Writing, 21(3), pp. 259-278. ISSN 1479-0726
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. Teaching Mindfulness in an Unmindful System. British Journal of Educational Studies, 72(3), pp. 359-378. ISSN 0007-1005
Pitfield, Maggie; Gilbert, Francis; Asamoah Boateng, Claudia and Stanger, Camilla. 2023. Selective amnesia and the political act of remembering English teaching. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 31(5), pp. 1059-1077. ISSN 1468-1366
Gilbert, Francis. 2023. Review of Creativity in the English Curriculum: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions by Lorna Smith. Changing English, 30(4), pp. 425-427. ISSN 1358-684X
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. Angela Kreeger: Subject of the miracle of modern medicine and psychoanalysis. Educational Studies Blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. Review of Out of Time: Poetry From the Climate Emergency. Writing in Education, 86(Spring), pp. 57-59. ISSN 1361-8539
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. Why and how should we encourage young people to research their local parks and green spaces? Centre for Language, Culture and Learning Blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. Review of Real-World Writers: A Handbook for Teaching Writing with 7-11 Year Olds by Ross Young and Felicity Ferguson. Teaching English, 28(Spring), p. 86. ISSN 2051-7971
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. The Time Devil runs amok: How I improved my creative practice by adopting a multimodal approach for a specific audience. Writing in Practice, 7, pp. 120-132. ISSN 2058-5535
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. The Reciprocal Rebellion: Promoting Discussion in Authoritarian Schools. Changing English, 29(3), pp. 232-250. ISSN 1358-684X
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. Diagrarting: Theorising and practising new ways of writing. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 19(2), pp. 153-182. ISSN 1479-0726
Gilbert, Francis and Matthews, Miranda. 2021. Affective digital presence: how to free online writing and drawing? Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 14(2), 29. ISSN 1753-5190
Gilbert, Francis; Daly, Grainne and Riley, Peggy. 2021. Letting it all spill out: the benefits of venting for creative writing teachers and students. Writing in Education, 84, ISSN 1361-8539
Gilbert, Francis. 2021. Teaching Creative Writing Online: Research-Informed Strategies. Writing in Education, 83, pp. 89-91. ISSN 1361-8539
Gilbert, Francis. 2021. What’s Next? Ecoliteracies and creative writing. Writing in Education, 83, pp. 12-19. ISSN 1361-8539
Gilbert, Francis and Macleroy, Vicky. 2021. Different ways of descending into the crypt: methodologies and methods for researching creative writing. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 18(3), pp. 253-271. ISSN 1479-0726
Gilbert, Francis. 2021. Why teach creative writing? Examining the challenges of its pedagogies. Changing English, 28(2), pp. 148-168. ISSN 1358-684X
Gilbert, Francis. 2020. Lockdown lessons: Teaching and working during the Covid-19 crisis. Writing in Education, 81, pp. 31-40. ISSN 1361-8539
Matthews, Miranda and Gilbert, Francis. 2020. Finding a new path: Building affective online learning spaces for creative writing and arts practice. British Educational Research Association,
Gilbert, Francis and Matthews, Miranda. 2020. Finding a new path: Building affective online learning spaces for creative writing and arts practice. BERA Blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2020. Whatever Happened to the New Man? Blue Door Press Blog,
Gilbert, Francis. 2020. 8 Ways To Teach spelling, punctuation and grammar. Teaching English, 22, pp. 49-52. ISSN 2051-7971
Gilbert, Francis and Pitfield, Maggie. 2019. Teaching 1984 in the surveillance culture of schools. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 18(1), pp. 85-99. ISSN 1175-8708
Gilbert, Francis. 2019. Mindfulness and Creative Writing. Writing in Education(77), ISSN 1361-8539
Gilbert, Francis. 2019. The Teachers' Standards and English Teaching. Teaching English(19), pp. 33-36. ISSN 2051-7971
Gilbert, Francis. 2018. Riding the Reciprocal Teaching Bus A teacher’s reflections on nurturing collaborative learning in a school culture obsessed by results. Changing English, 25(2), pp. 146-162. ISSN 1469-3585
Gilbert, Francis. 2018. Aesthetic literacy and autobiography. Writing in Practice, 4, ISSN 2058-5535
Gilbert, Francis. 2018. Mindfulness and English Teaching. Teaching English, 16, pp. 54-56. ISSN 2051-7971
Gilbert, Francis. 2017. Where did all the male teachers go? The Times, ISSN 0140-0460
Gilbert, Francis. 2017. Dreaming of a Better World. Teaching English,
Gilbert, Francis. 2017. The Creative Writing Teacher’s Toolkit. Writing in Education, 2017(73),
Gilbert, Francis. 2016. The Dark Alleyway. Writing in Education, 70(2016), ISSN 1361-8539
Francis, Gilbert. 2016. We need to reform the academy system – and stop the power-hungry super-heads. The Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077
Gilbert, Francis. 2016. Aesthetic Learning, Creative Writing and English Teaching. Changing English, 23(3), pp. 257-268. ISSN 1358-684X
Gilbert, Francis. 2016. Freedom and the new English GCSEs. Teaching English,
Gilbert, Francis. 2016. The Party in the Snow. GLITS-E, 2015/6(5),
Gilbert, Francis. 2014. 'Sacked': Extract from the novel Who Do You Love? Glits-e: a Journal of Criticism, 4,
Gilbert, Francis. 2012. 'But sir, I lied – The value of autobiographical discourse in the classroom'. English in Education, 46(2), pp. 198-211. ISSN 0425-0494
Gilbert, Francis. 2012. Novel extract from Who Do You Love? Glits-e: a Journal of Criticism, 2,
Conference or Workshop Item
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. 'Creative Writing and English: collaboration, connection, crossovers'. In: Creative Writing and English: collaboration, connection, crossovers. The English Association, United Kingdom 7 March 2024.
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. 'How can we harness the power of creativity?'. In: Creative Power Conference. ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, United Kingdom 9 December 2022.
Gilbert, Francis; Leena, Dhingra and Steve, Roberts. 2020. 'Decolonising Creative Writing Conference presentation'. In: Decolonising Creative Writing. United Kingdom 11 December 2020.
Matthews, Miranda and Francis, Gilbert. 2020. 'Affective Digital Presence in Creative Practice'. In: Centre for Arts and Learning, Affective Digital Presence in Creative Practice. Online 3 November 2020.
Gilbert, Francis. 2019. 'Improving your results without teaching to the test'. In: Improving Results without teaching to the test: four key lessons. Cambridge, United Kingdom 27 March 2019.
Gilbert, Francis. 2017. 'Reciprocity and reading'. In: Reciprocity and reading. ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, United Kingdom 14th September 2017.
Audio
Gilbert, Francis. 2016. Lines of Work: Teacher Francis Gilbert on Rousseau.
Film/Video
Gilbert, Francis. 2024. 6 Ways to Become a Better Teacher of Creative Writing.
Project
Gilbert, Francis. 2025. Publishing as Pedagogy: Creative Writing, Education, and Industry Engagement.
Gilbert, Francis. September 2022 - July 2024 What is the impact of the Parklife Project? A special report from Blue Gate Fields Primary School.
Gilbert, Francis. September 2022 - July 2024 Spreading good practice: developing the Parklife Toolkit.
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. Exciting Developments in the Parklife Project! A Community Garden will be coming soon!.
Gilbert, Francis. 2022. How can primary school children improve their local parks?.
Gilbert, Francis. September 2022-July 2024 How can we help young people improve their local environments? How can they become agents of change?.
Report
Gilbert, Francis. 2023. Inquiry: Urban Green Spaces. Discussion Paper. UK Parliament, London.
Thesis
Gilbert, Francis. 2015. Who Do You Love? The Novel of my Life (Creative Writing thesis) and Building Beauty: the Role of Aesthetic Education in my Teaching and Writing Lives (commentary on the Creative Writing thesis). Doctoral thesis, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½