Writer. Poet. Facilitator.

About me

I am a creative writer and facilitator working across poetry and prose. I am particularly interested in embodiment, different ways of looking at nature and how who we are impacts our relationship with the environment. I also love writing about and through pop culture - in general, I’m drawn to the everyday, the domestic and the overlooked. My work has been shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize and the Penguin Write Now scheme.

My debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, is a dark academia coming-of-age story that follows Ivy Graveson as she escapes her small Scottish hometown to an all-girls college at a prestigious university. Thrown into an elite world where rules are made to be broken, Ivy will have to decide what she’s willing to do to protect her newfound sisterhood and how far she will go to become the person she feels she’s destined to be.

Exploring girlhood, feminine obsession and (toxic) friendship all against the backdrop of Scottish witch trials, These Mortal Bodies is a culmination of all the things I love to write, read and think about.

Non-fiction

Shortlisted, 2020 Penguin Write Now Scheme

Special Mention, 2020 Spread the Word Life Writing Prize

Shortlisted, 2019 Canongate Nan Shepherd Prize

Longlisted, 2019 Feminist and Women’s Studies Student Essay Prize

Winner, 2019 Write To End Violence Against Women Awards ‘Best Blog’ Category

Winner, 2014 Write To End Violence Against Women Awards ‘Best Blog’ Category

Poetry

Commended, Young Poets Network ‘Climate Crisis and You’ Challenge

Longlisted, 2020 Streetcake Experimental Writing Prize

Longlisted, 2020 Young Poets Network Bloodaxe Challenges

Nominated, 2019 Best of the Net

Shortlisted, 2019 Streetcake Experimental Writing Prize

Commended, 2019 Young Poets Network ‘Capture the Moment’ Challenge