David has published ten collections of poetry. The most recent, ‘Night’ was published in January 2011 and was Poetry Book Society Choice for Spring 2011, it also won the Griffin International Poetry Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Forward Prize (Best Collection), the T.S. Eliot Prize, and the Costa Poetry Prize. David has collaborated with composers, most often with Harrison Birtwistle, on commissions performed at (among other venues) the Royal Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall (Proms), the Bregenz Festival, the Salzburg Festival, the Concertgebouw, the Megaron (Athens), the Wales Millennium Centre, the Wigmore Hall, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, the South Bank Centre and Carnegie Hall. David is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton.

David's masterclass is on 'Song Lyrics - Do it your way'