Publications Include: Eyeflash, Amaryllis, Irisi, Riggwelter, Clear Poetry, The Fenland Reed, The Ham Free Press, Flash and Cinder, Sarasvati, Atrium, Tears in the Fence, Bangor Poetry Journal, Ink Sweat and Tears, Molly Bloom, Iamb Poetry, Fourteen Poems, Poetic Justice, The Interpreter's House, and Under the Radar.

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Recent publications:

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• Debut pamphlet, Guerrilla Brightenings

• Tears in the Fence Issue 80: Two Poems and Two Reviews

• Tears in the Fence Issue 78: Two Poems

• Under the Radar: Two Poems

• Atrium: 'The Big Dinner on Our First Holiday Together'

• Young Poets' Stories - 'Date Night'

• The Interpreter's House - 'Love Song of the NHS Receptionist'

• Poetic Justice, Selected Poem

• Tears in the Fence Issue 76: Editorial on the Poetry Ecology

• Fourteen Poems Issue 6: 'Crisis'. Interview with poem reading available here

 

Academic Publications:

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• Caldecott, E. and Nissel, J. (2024) 'Big Stories Written in Wrexham (and the Cloud)', Writing in Education, National Association of Writers in Education, pp.29-30

• Nissel, J., Thurston, S., Fitzsimons, M. & Spence, S., (2024) 'Conference Report: Poetry & Care', Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry 15(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/bip.11688

• Nissel, J. (2023) 'Solitary Poets in Germany and the UK', Writing in Education, National Assocation of Writers in Education, pp.25-28

• May, W. and Nissel, J. (2022) 'Stories for Survival: Putting Literature at the Heart of Regional Development'

• Soyinka, B., Sweetman, L., Bond, G., Green, L., Nissel, J. and Thompson, I. (2020) 'The Writer’s Cycle'

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Academic Presentations:

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• Home and Belonging, an SWWDTP Research Festival (2024): 'Making Collaborators Feel at Home', a panel by the Health Humanities Research Cluster

• Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing, Idleness Symposium, University of Southampton (2024): 'The Academic Working Day, Imposter Syndrome, and the Nagging Spectre of Laziness', a panel jointly presented with Isaac Fravashi and Joey Jones

• Poetry & Care, Plymouth University (2023): 'We Critique The Poetry, Not the Poet: Care in the HE Workshop'

• Ledbury Poetry Festival (2022): 'Feeling Towns: the role of place and identity in governance and local policy', an AHRC consultation session using poetry as a facilitation tool

• Changes, an SWWDTP Research Festival (2022): 'Changing the Dominant Narrative: A Multidisciplinary Conversation', jointly presented with Josip Martincic and Lawrence Rees.

• Changes, an SWWDTP Research Festival (2022): 'Navigating Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic', a panel by the Health Humanities Research Cluster

• Re-Visions: Configurations of the Visual in Literature and Culture, Universität Hamburg (2022) 'Seen and Unseen: Invisible Mentors in UK Poetry', jointly presented with Professor Will May

• Poetry and Mentoring Symposium, University of Southampton & ArtfulScribe (2021): 'How Have Mentoring Practices in the UK Shaped the Contemporary Poetry Ecology?'

• Follow the Sun Transnational Writing Conference, Bath Spa University (2021): 'The Great Margin: Collaborative Practice and Creative Research'

• National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) Annual Conference (2021): 'Paper Nations - The Writer's Cycle'

• MIX, Bath Spa University (2019): 'Writing For All'

 

Support at: ​

• Co-organiser - 'Shame, Loneliness, and the Body' Symposium, University of Bristol, 2023

• National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) Annual Conference (2018-19, 2021-22)

• MIX, Bath Spa University (2019)

• Captivating Criminality, Bath Spa University (2017-18)