F.J. Williams has published three collections, Reading Lessons in the Lifers’ Wing (Peterloo, 2000), The Model Shop (Waterloo, 2011), and On Lipstick Beach (Poetry Original 2015). He studied English at Durham where he first met Jon Silkin who was promoting Stand at the University.

F. J. Williams's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises three contributions of poetry, over a period of six years.