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. More here.
My second book-length collection of short stories, On the Bodies of Strangers was published in 2026. The collection was shortlisted for the W&A Working Class Writers’ Prize and is a collection of short stories linked by the theme of tattoos.
I’m currently working on a new collection of short stories inspired by my three years of living and working in the south of Taiwan called Upside Down Heart and Other Fictionfrom Formosa. I started to write this when I was writer in residence at the Taiwan Literature Base in Taipei. In addition I am co-writing a crime detective novel set in Taiwan called The Spoonbill Murders with my fellow Wind&Bones co-director, Dr Will Buckingham.
I am also writing a memoir-essay about returning to the city in which I was born, that traces my family history, explores the messiness of grief, the social taboo of addiction and how these things can manifest across generations.
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 of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and work in translation from around the world.
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 — was 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.
