I’m a writer, editor and writing mentor based in the Midlands. My two full poetry collections are Static Exile (2009) and from Animal Illicit (2020). My third collection, Parchment Scalpel Rock, is forthcoming from Broken Sleep in spring 2026.

I’ve edited various things, including The Apple Anthology (2013), which picked up a Saboteur commendation. You can find a rolling list on my Writing page, including links to things I’ve published online.

I’ve been helping others with their writing for over twenty years, mostly in universities. I’ve also worked in schools and community settings, with teenagers and adults, book clubs and refugee and asylum seeker groups, in the UK and India, including the Tibetan community in exile. And I’ve taught on creative writing summer schools in the UK, Botswana and Singapore.

I am currently freelancing as a writing mentor, working one-to-one with creative and research writers. More details in the Services section.

I also occasionally get involved in arts-based projects and commissions. Many of my recent projects came out of Coventry’s City of Culture status, 2021-22. You can find details about these and older things in the Projects section.

In 2022 I received an Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice grant to work on a novel and pay for this website, for which thanks. I’ve since helped other writers apply to the fund.