In addition to his own work, Lumsden has edited several prize-winning poetry collections and is currently editing the Pilot series of chapbooks by poets under 30 for Tall Lighthouse. He is organiser and host of the reading series BroadCast in London, and former Vice Chairman of the Poetry Society. He also teaches at City University and Morley College, alongside freelance writing, editing and reviewing and work as a puzzle, quiz and popular reference writer.