I write poetry, stories, non-fiction
Do you experience anthropocene dreams and petro-nightmares?
Do you feel ambivalent longing for a late-twentieth century childhood filled with polymers and ghosts?
Honestly, same.
Are you overwhelmed by climate grief and the terror of inaction?
We can stay awake all night together bb.
I once had something read on BBC World Service, which felt pretty fancy.
My work in progress is speculative climate fiction. The setting is a luxury hotel in the North Sea. What could possibly go wrong?
I use archive footage and poetry as a stimulus for exploring eco anxiety and our entanglements with modern consumption and petrocultures. If you'd like to know more, get in touch.
I am represented by Julie Fergusson at The North literary agency.
suitcase dream
1.
toy guns
one looked like a bird
I didn’t bother to fold the clothes
2.
the plastic bag
given by my mother
apples: cooking below, eating on top
and slices of dry bread
3.
which of it was mine
my children’s
my husband’s?
(c) 2023
Published in Briefly Write issue 10
Runner up winner - The Alpine Fellowship poetry prize 2025
Winner - Briefly Write 10 (2024)
Nominated Best of the Net (2024)
Longlisted - Caledonia Novel Award (2023), Briefly Write Poetry Prize, Sceptre Prize
Shortlisted - The Prescription creative writing prizes (2023), Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer Award (2024), Clydebuilt Poetry Scheme (2024)
My work has been published by or is forthcoming in:
Alpine Fellowship
New Writing Scotland
Arkbound
The Broken Spine
tiny wren lit
Them, All
The Amsterdam Review
Yuzu Press
JAKE
Erato
Briefly Write
The Drouth
History Scotland
Discover
National Library of Scotland
Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Glasgow Museums
Unbound
Film Stories
Mute
DFI Magazine
Scottish Book Trust
... and elsewhere
