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 first novel, a mystery set in Sicily and Scotland, was longlisted for the Sceptre Prize (2014). My second - a gothic horror about climate anxiety - was longlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award (2023).
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 entanglement with petrocultures. If you'd like to know more, get in touch.
I'm a member of The Prescription, a medical humanities creative writing group based at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and Glad Writers.
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
Longlisted - Sceptre Prize, Caledonia Novel Award (2023), Briefly Write Poetry Prize
Shortlisted - The Prescription creative writing prizes (2023), Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer Award (2024)
Winner - Briefly Write 10 (2024)
Nominated Best of the Net (2024)
My work has been published by or is forthcoming in:
New Writing Scotland
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
