Writing
Mar 2025: The Ways in Which We Are Like Birds released.
Sep 2024: Murmuration shortlisted for the Kindle Storyteller Award, 2024
May 2024: Murmuration, A YA Dystopia released.
Jan 2024: Founded Miners, a Substack about the creative path and ways to find seams of gold in the darkness.
June 2023: Longlisted for the Jessica George Bursary with Christopher, Running
April 2023: Longlisted for the Cinnamon Press Poetry Pamphlet Award with The Ways in Which We Are Like Birds
Feb 2023: Shortlisted for the Jericho Writers self-edit bursary with Christopher, Running
Oct 2021 – March 2023: Freelance writer for the Glorify App
Summer 2021: Completed the WriteMentor Summer programme working with Melissa Welliver on my YA novel Murmuration.
July 2021: Guest speaker at the Creative Christianity Summit – speaking on ‘The Creative Call’
May 2021: ‘The Sacred Everyday’ published by Inspiring Women Every Day, CWR
Dec 2020: ‘Gratitude’, including Gratitude #57, poem, featured in Juno magazine
Sept 2020: ‘Waiting in the Wings’ featured on Hi-mama.co.uk
Sept 2020: ‘Harvest’, including Gratitude #87, poem, featured in Oh magazine.
August 2020: Interview with Premier Radio
August 2020: Interview at studiomothers.com
August 2019: Blog post for Premier Christianity
May 2019: ‘The Creative Call’ published by Inspiring Women Every Day, CWR
April 2019: Circles: Nurture and Grow Your Creative Gift published by Onwards and Upwards
November 2018: ‘Sowing a Seed’, published in NAWE magazine, article on running writing workshops in schools for children.
July 2018: ‘This condition will make you stronger’, published at hi-mama.co.uk
April 2018: ‘Afterwards’, poem, featured in Juno magazine.
January 2018: Interview for Studio Mothers.
December 2017: There You Are released by Little Bird Editions, a hand lettered collection of 34 poems about motherhood.
March 2017: Little Bird Editions – Online shop opened selling hand lettered poetry prints.
October 2014: ‘Even Still’ pamphlet released as part of Tiny Leaves’ Reed Vinyl release.
April 2014: ‘Space to Create’, article published Third Way magazine.
Jan 2011 – Feb 2012: ‘Towny Mummy’, monthly column held for a year with Guildford Dragon, online newspaper.
December 2012: ‘Burst’, poem, published Third Way magazine.
February 2011: ‘Decay’, short story, published on Xenith.net, online literary magazine.
February 2011: ‘Sardines’, short story, published in Fractured West, literary journal.
October 2010: After the Fire Longlisted in the Cinnamon Press Novel Award.
December 2009: ‘A Letter to Uncle John’, The Guardian newspaper.
August 2008: Interview with Blake Morrison, The Richmond Times newspaper.
Experience
02/18: Write From the Heart writing workshops for adults on Writing Motherhood, The Sea and Finding Your Voice.
01/16 – 01/17: Mentorship scheme with Cinnamon Press which involved a complete redraft of a novel that I am working on.
02/15 – present: Write From the Heart – My own business running Creative Writing workshops around Shropshire in various locations and as afterschool clubs for KS1, KS2 level.
03/15: Working with Age UK, I ran a Creative Writing Workshop for dementia sufferers and their carers at day centre in Shrewsbury.
10/14 – 04/16 Volunteer befriender with Age UK.
2014/2015: ‘Communication and Creativity’, four-part course ran by John Killick, The Courtyard Centre for Arts, Hereford.
06/13: Poetry on Demand, stall ran at Eden People’s Spirit of Life event, where I wrote poetry for people from a starting word that they provided.
07/05 – 12/07: Senior Bookseller, Waterstones Bookstore, Guildford.
Qualifications
MA (Merit) in Creative and Life Writing, Goldsmiths University, London, 2008.
BA: 2:1 in French and English, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2005.
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