My debut short story collection was published in 2012 by Crystal Clear Creators, as the result of winning an Arts Council England new talent competition. Since then, I have gone on to write and publish internationally.
My debut book, In Their Absence, a collection of short stories based on my PhD research into missing people was published by Roman Books in 2021. My stories have also been collected in anthologies published by Fairlight Books, Unthank Books and Valley Press. A number of my non-fiction essays have been published across journals including Litro (UK), Archer Magazine (Australia) and Loose Lips (Canada).
In 2022, I received a grant from Creative Scotland to work on my first novel. In 2024 Ethical Leadership: a Reflective Guide for Working in Communities – a book I researched and co-wrote with Dr Will Buckingham - was published. This textbook is in direct response to the needs of community groups and organisations in the challenging environment of Burma/Myanmar and neighbouring countries.
My second book-length collection of short stories, On the Bodies of Strangers is due out in 2025.
I’m currently based in Tainan, in the south of Taiwan, where I write, edit and produce a variety of projects around writing and social change. I am also working on my third short story collection.
Writing, Creativity, Social Change
Wind&Bones
I’m originally from the UK but my work has taken me all over the world. As well as being a writer I am also co-director of Wind&Bones Books, an indie publisher dedicated to exploring the intersection between writing, creativity and social change. At Wind&Bones Books we believe writing can and does change the world. Not once and for all, but in small ways and large, sometimes incrementally and at other times dramatically.
Through Wind&Bones Books publishing I have edited multiple fiction collections and stand-alone essays and stories. I have also produced creative projects in Indonesia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland and across the UK.
Writing and Gender-Based Violence
Emprove Project
I work on projects internationally exploring how creative writing can be used to address issues relating to gender-based violence. One of my projects — delivered through Wind&Bones — hasbeen working with Emprove Foundation in Bulgaria. In this British Embassy-funded project, I produced and led workshops in writing micro-fiction stories for survivors of domestic abuse. The stories were the basis for an exhibition in the National Gallery of Bulgaria. The exhibition now tours nationally across Bulgaria and internationally across Europe to highlight the issue of domestic abuse and gender based violence. I am open to new collaborations on this theme.
