In order to make the laureateship accessible and promote poetry in the region, Joel worked with partners such as local radio and print media, the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and BBC national television. He also performed poetry and offered writing workshops at events including the Lincolnshire Show, RAF Waddington Air Show, Lincoln Hay Day and the Lincolnshire Young People’s Book Awards.

Below is a clip of BBC1’s Country Tracks, where Joel is interviewed about his appointment as laureate and reads one of his poems in the surroundings that inspired it – the beach at Theddlethorpe on the North Lincolnshire coast.

And here’s a short film documenting his first six months as poet laureate: