News and Events

News 2011

November 2011

My short story, Hang Up, will be published in the Unthology No.2 on 1 November with Unthank Books.

Available from the Unthank Bookshop, Amazon and from iTunes.

The book will be launched at the UnLit Book Festival in Norwich on 10 November 2011.

October 2011

Luton Book Festival 20 October: Co-facilitated a workshop on Editing Your Novel with Mike French from The View From Here magazine. For details, visit Luton libraries website.

My life writing piece, Violent Possibility, is published in Friction magazine issue 3.

September 2011

Commissioned as a contributor to Rough Guide to Accessible Britain, 4th edition.

Danny Rhodes interview in The View From Here magazine.

August 2011

Baby’s First Year: A Parent’s Guide published by Need2Know Books.

Guest blog post on OU Creative Writing Tutor website.

July 2011

Glenis Stott interview in The View From Here magazine.

May 2011

Short story Hang Up accepted by Unthank Books for publication in the Unthology no.2 (November 2011).

Rough Guide to Accessible Britain: Family Days Out published on Motability website.

News 2010

December 2010

Commissioned as a contributor to Rough Guide to Accessible Britain: Family Days Out.

September 2010 

Author talk at Westcliff Women’s Institute Book Event on 9 September.

Short story Graft included in Mosaic anthology (Bridge House Publishing).

Short story Mosaic included in Even More Tonto Short Stories (Tonto Books).

June 2010

Commissioned by Need2Know Books to write Baby’s First Year: A Parent’s Guide.

May 2010

Redbridge Book and Media Festival (April - May 2010): South Woodford Writer-in-Residence for the festival’s under 25s programme. Read my report and pick of young people’s writing here.

Poetry reading for the launch of Seeking Refuge at the Lumen poetry project on 11 May, in aid of the cold weather shelters.

April 2010

Took part in a poetry reading at Valentines Mansion on 25 April to launch Joanna Ezekiel’s first collection Centuries of Skin (Ragged Raven Press).

March 2010

11 March 2010 Westcliff Women’s Institute announce Marilyn and Me as their summer book choice.

Jan 2010

Commissioned by Need2Know Books to write The Terrible Twos: A Parent’s Guide.

Poetry in Women Writers: A Zine and Ink, Sweat and Tears E-Zine.