Autumn/Winter 2022

It’s been a quiet time work-wise as I’ve been ill with long covid for the last 6 months. I’ve taken medical leave from my job while I rest and try to get better. I’ve had cognitive problems along with fatigue and pain. I can read comfortably most days now, which is a big improvement, but

Spring/Summer 2022

After a long winter of writing I’m finally emerging from my cave for a few events. First, I will be reading at The Desert Cafe no. 1, a new event organised by small press death of workers whilst building skyscrapers. It’s an event in honour of Brenda Frazer (aka Bonnie Bremser), a writer associated with

Summer 2021

I’m happy to share the news that my current writing and photography project has won support from Manchester Independents, an artist-led funding scheme designed to showcase and support the work of independent artists and creative practitioners in Greater Manchester. My project, Raw Milk, addresses the structural inequalities in Britain exposed by the pandemic, using my

Summer/Autumn 2020

I have a new piece, ‘Horse’, in Structo issue 20. And as part of that I’ve been interviewed for Structo‘s ‘Meet the Writer’ series: Two poems of mine appear in the latest volume of poetry journal Touch the Donkey, which is available here from above/ground press. I talked about them and my writing with editor,

Winter/Spring 2020

Well, here we all are. Since my last update all outward facing, interacting-directly-with-people writing business has been cancelled as we are all in quarantine. Every event, performance and workshop in my diary has been cancelled. Things are deeply weird, and sometimes scary, and sometimes surprisingly okay.  But thankfully, not every single thing has been cancelled.

Autumn 2019

  First, as it’s Autumn when all of them seem to happen, I have lots of literary events to tell you about, starting this Saturday Sept 21 when I’ll be hosting the Northern Lights Writers’ Conference at Waterside Arts Centre in Sale. This year’s keynote speaker is Jane Rogers (Mr Wroe’s Virgins) and there are

Spring 2019

Big news of many kinds. First, upcoming event news:  Writer Saskia Vogel and I will be talking sex, activism and the turbulent social debate around female desire at Speaking Desire, a conversation hosted by The Public Meeting. Saskia’s the author of new novel Permission (Dialogue). It’s happening at The Daisy on Tib Street in Manchester

Spring/Summer 2018

Over the last quarter my work has been fairly solitary and quiet as I’m engaged in a longer writing project but there have been a few events and publications to report. I have new work in LUNE: A Journal of Literary Misrule, which is based at Lancaster University. For the disease-themed issue 01, this hybrid

Autumn/Winter 2017-18

I’m writing this the week after a very enjoyable trip up to Lancaster University, where I was a visiting writer and discussed the ethics of writing and creative nonfiction with MA students followed by a reading of my essays hosted by the excellent Jenn Ashworth (who I’ve hosted before myself, so I felt right at

Spring/Summer 2017

Big news: I’m joining the faculty at the University of Salford as a Lecturer in Digital Journalism. I’ve been teaching there as an associate lecturer for a few years and absolutely love it. It’s an incredible time to be teaching journalism; the media landscape is changing by the minute, and never has good journalism felt