My writing

I write every day with a pen and paper, mostly when I’m out and about rather than sitting at a desk. I find most of my inspiration in the wild places of Britain and the quirkiness of my adopted home town of Brighton.

My writing has appeared in Flashquake, A handful of stones, Catapult to Mars, Poetrytwentyten and Red ceilings. Poems have also been selected for publication in Pay attention: a river of stones, Writ in water - a Keats House anthology and Paraxis. You can read some of these pieces if you go to the tab section called "In print."

A poem was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize 2009. I won the Moss Rich Sounding the Site poetry prize in 2011 and another poem reached the top 10 shortlist for the Lightship poetry prize in 2011. 


I've begun to learn about long form through writing and learning how to redraft and edit Nanowrimo novels in 2009, 2010 and 2011. 

I produced a limited edition chapbook called Blackthorn in 2010, now sold out. This was a collection of short prose pieces. My artwork appears on the cover of Gordon Mason's ebook Thunnerplump.

Having been used to performing music live for many years, I have lately risen to the exciting challenge of reading my written work in public. The best thing is that I found out that I enjoy it!