| Date | Title | Genre | Publisher |
| 1976 | Napoleons Retreat From Wigan | Poems | EMI Music Ltd |
| 1979 | The Unluckiest Man in the World | Short Stories | Robson |
| 1979 | The Singing Street | Poems | Moonraker |
| 1979 | The Witch That Nicked Christmas | Play | |
| 1980 | Folk Songs of Lancashire | Songs | Whitethorn |
| 1980 | Fur Coat and No Knickers | Play | Samuel French |
| 1980 | Barnaby Barnaby Boy Wonder | Childrens | Robson |
| 1980 | The 14 lb Budgie | Short stories | Robson |
| 1980 | Up The Boo Aye Shooting Pookakis | Childrens | Savoy |
| 1981 | The Armchair Anarchist’s Almanac | Short stories | Robson |
| 1981 | One Night Stand | Play | |
| 1981 | Hell Bent | Play | |
| 1982 | Dead Ernest | Play | |
| 1983 | Not With A Bang | Play | Samuel French |
| 1983 | Killer Budgies | Comedy | Robson |
| 1984 | When The Martians Land in Huddersfield | Comedy | Robson |
| 1985 | You Can See The Angel’s Bum, Miss Worswick | Biographical | Robson |
| 1986 | Rambling On | Comedy | Robson |
| 1987 | Walking The Dales | Outdoors | Michael Joseph |
| 1987 | Bomber’s Moon | Songs | Michael Joseph |
| 1988 | Cooking One’s Corgi | Comedy | Robson |
| 1989 | Footloose in the Himalaya | Outdoors | Michael Joseph |
| 1990 | Last Tango in Whitby | Play | Samuel French |
| 1992 | A Free Man on Sunday | Play | |
| 1992 | Daddy Edgar’s Pools | Poems | Peterloo Poets |
| 1992 | Walking the Peak and Pennine | Outdoors | Michael Joseph |
| 1992 | Tales from the Towpath: Canalside Ramble Through Central Manchester | Outdoors | CMDC |
| 1993 | The Virgin of the Discos | Short Stories | Robson |
| 1995 | Hypnotising the Cat | Comedy | Robson |
| 1995 | Buns For The Elephants | Poems | Penguin Viking |
| 1996 | Footloose in the West of Ireland | Outdoors | Michael Joseph |
| 1997 | Crystal Set Dreams | Poems | Peterloo Poets |
| 1997 | Comfort and Joy | Play | Samuel French |
| 1998 | A Little Book of the Green Man | Aurum Press | |
| 1998 | A Little Book of Gargoyles | Aurum Press | |
| 1998 | A Little Book of Stained Glass | Aurum Press | |
| 1998 | A Little Book of Misericords | Aurum Press | |
| 2005 | Yorkshire Transvestite Found Dead On Everest | Short Stories | Hayloft |
| 2008 | A Little Book of Angels | Aurum Press | |
| 2008 | A Little Book of Devils & Demons | Aurum Press | |
| 2008 | A Little Book of Miracles & Marvels | Aurum Press | |
| 2008 | A Little Book of Tombs & Monuments | Aurum Press | |
| 2009 | Strange Lights over Bexleyheath | Poems | Luath Press |
| 2009 | A Guide to North Country Flies | Outdoors | Aurum Press |
| 2013 | The VW Camper Van | Biography | Aurum Press |
| 2013 | The Connemara Cantos | Poems | Luath Press |
| 2015 | The Adventures Of The Crumpsall Kid | Memoirs | Michael O’Mara Books |
| 2017 | Fishing For Ghosts | Poems | Luath Press |
| 2021 | The Night Tram | ||
| 2023 | The Lonely Zoroastrian | Poems | |
| 2025 | Specky Four Eyes | Short Stories | |
| 2025 | As The Sky With Stars | Short Stories | |
| 2026 | Jockey | Short Stories |