About the work
My debut pamphlet, Only by Flying, was published by HappenStance Press in 2015 and shortlisted for the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award.
A second pamphlet, seen/unseen, was shortlisted in the 2021 Coast to Coast to Coast competition.
Places where my poems have been published include (in print): Magma, The Broadsheet, The North, Obsessed with Pipework and The Rialto; and (online) Anthropocene, Ink, Sweat & Tears, The Friday Poem and Wild Court. They have also featured in Blame Montezuma, Coming & Going and How (not) to Get Your Poetry Published (HappenStance Press).
That angel hovering was a joint winner of the Manchester Cathedral 600 Poetry Competition.
Places I have read, solo or alongside friends, include:
Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival
Exeter Literary Festival & Exeter Poetry Festival
Fire River Poets
Ledbury Poetry Festival
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Scottish Gliding Centre
Uncut Poets
Words & Ears