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Jane Eyre: A Study Guide
Can you answer these questions? How and why does Bronte present sex as a dangerous activity in “Jane Eyre”? Why are the elements of earth, fire, water and air important in the novel? Is “Jane Eyre” a...
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Frankenstein: A Study Guide
Do you know the answer to these questions? What dream led to the writing of “Frankenstein”? Why is the novel also called “The Modern Prometheus”? Why has “Frankenstein” become the most famous horror...
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Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: The Study Guide Edition
Are you struggling to understand Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”? Or are you an English teacher wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this...
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Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: A dramatic adaptation of Stevenson’s classic novel
“Gilbert writes so well that you half-suspect he could give up the day job.” The Independent. This dramatic version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde”,...
View ArticleAbout 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. I began by publishing my...
View ArticleWhy self-publish? My talk to Goldsmiths’ MA in Creative Writing students
I spoke at Goldsmiths College yesterday about my ventures in self-publishing. It was a bit of an “honour” to be there — and I genuinely don’t mean that in an ironic sense — because there were some...
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Romeo and Juliet: The Study Guide Edition out now in paperback and Kindle!
Kindle edition: Paperback edition: You can buy Romeo and Juliet: The Study Guide Edition in paperback or Kindle. “Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher,” Philip Pullman, author...
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‘Learning Matters’ by Roger Titcombe
What leading academics are saying about the book: “This is a crucial time for English education. Teachers are burdened with an unsettling and ultimately destructive culture of command and control...
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‘St. Cupid’s’ by Kevin Oldham
When young teacher Paul Flynn arrives at St. Cupid’s, a secondary school situated in the heart of London’s east end, he encounters a daunting and alien world: poverty-stricken children, incompetent...
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‘The Changes Parts 1 & 2, Volume 1′ by Tim Cadman
Global warming has arrived. Charles Peters is a cultural linguist, with the depressing task of recording languages and cultures as they are lost to The Changes. Madé is an eight year old, orphaned by...
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Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: The Study Guide Edition
“A great teacher,” Jeremy Paxman, BBC’s Newsnight. “Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher,” Philip Pullman, author of Northern Lights.” “Gilbert writes so well that you...
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Brontë’s Wuthering Heights: The Study Guide Edition
“A great teacher,” Jeremy Paxman, BBC’s Newsnight. “Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher,” Philip Pullman, author of ‘Northern Lights’. “Gilbert writes so well that you...
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The Changes: Book 1 — Tim Cadman
Climate change is escalating rapidly. Charles Peters, a low-level nobody in what’s left of the UN, is sent on an unexplained mission to save humanity. Madé, an Indonesian child refugee, must endure...
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The Turn of the Screw: The Study Guide Edition
“A great teacher,” Jeremy Paxman, BBC’s Newsnight. “Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher,” Philip Pullman, author of ‘Northern Lights’. “Gilbert writes so well that you...
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An important lesson from a war-time childhood: It’s your friends who make you...
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 this summer. Constructive comments are welcome; they will...
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What my footballing father taught me: get a good education...
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 this summer. The aim was to interview long-serving...
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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 this summer. The aim was to interview long-serving...
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A headteacher confesses: Naughtiness is sometimes a sign of being clever...
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 this summer. The aim was to interview long-serving...
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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, which will be published this summer. The aim was to interview long-serving...
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Mixing the methods #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 later on in 2016. The aim was to interview long-serving...
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