Hiya pals! As you might already be aware, because it happened like a week and a half ago (time’s just been utterly unspooling for me recently), my debut micro-chapbook Faces Adjacent has been unleashed into the world! It’s a short sequence of poems that I’m quite proud of and you […]
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Happy St. Columba’s Day!
Hi friends! As I’m sure you were already aware, today is St. Columba’s annual feast day, a time to remember and commemorate the life, the legend, of one of Scotland’s formative historical figures. As I’m even more sure you were already aware, I’ve been working with Historic Environment Scotland over […]
Keep readingOnline Poetry Workshops with HES Starting Next Week
Hi friends! As you might’ve seen me mention on twitter the other day, I’m going to be leading a series of online writing workshops over the next couple of months, as part of my stint as Historic Environment Scotland’s writer-in-residence. These workshops are completely free (although you will need to […]
Keep readingOut Now: F.R.I.E.D.S.
You may remember that time last year when four friends and I had a manic night and made a zine. Well, at some point early in 2020 – before quarantine, and all it entailed – it happened again. Back in, hmm, February I think, my partner and I took two […]
Keep readingProof I’m Not Dead: New Content Online
That’s right, I’m not dead. In fact, I never was. The body you grieved for so painfully at my open-casket funeral? A hyperrealistic waxwork dummy. The footage you watched, hand to mouth, of me being suffocated to death by an anteater after it mistook me for a mound? All done […]
Keep readingOut Now: Cursed Objects & Us
In July I announced that three friends and I were putting together and releasing a zine of art and poetry, with the proceeds going to the mental health charity Self Help. At the time I said the zine would be out before the end of the month, because oh boy […]
Keep readingNew Release: Bones of God
It’s the middle of the evening and you’re alone in the house. You’re on the couch, in front of the TV, remote dangling in your loose grip. You’re watching Love Island, I think. Suddenly I rise seamlessly through the floor, the carpet undulating like the surface of a pool, and […]
Keep readingComing Soon: Cursed Objects & Us
How’s it going! I’ve decided to break up my day and yours with an announcement for one of those weird other projects I keep banging on about. Esteemed guests, please put your hands together for Cursed Objects & Us. I’ve spoken a little bit about the genesis of this project […]
Keep readingThis Week: Open Mics in Lancaster!
Hi all! Now the site’s live I can start making posts keeping you all up to date on all the FUN THINGS I’m getting up to. For example: this week I’ll be shambling along to two different open mic nights in Lancaster! On Friday 21st I’ll be reading at the […]
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