Laskey was educated at Gresham's School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read English.
After Cambridge, Laskey worked for ten years as a teacher in secondary schools and further education in Spain and England.
[2] In 1989, Laskey founded the international Aldeburgh Poetry Festival and served as its director for ten years.
[1] Laskey now works as a freelance writer, running workshops and teaching creative writing for many organisations.
including the University of East Anglia, the Arvon Foundation, the Open College of the Arts, and in schools.