Nick Thurston is based in West Yorkshire, England. He is author of Reading the Remove of Literature (2006) and Historia Abscondita (An Index of Joy), (2007). Since 2006, he has been Co-Editor of the independent artists' book imprint information as material. His Conceptualist reading performances form the crux of Nick's poetic and editorial work, which also underpins his approach to pedagogy at Sheffield Hallam University.