

One of the title poems from my forthcoming poetry collection, Still Life With Octopus (I), will be published in Impossible Archetype poetry journal at the end of March. One of the title poems from my forthcoming poetry collection, Still Life With Octopus (I), is published in the latest issue of the Impossible Archetype poetry journal. Just revealed : the cover for my new poetry collection, “Still Life With Octopus”, isn’t she gorgeous! The book will be published in July by Nine Arches Press, if you’d like more details or to pre-order, click here: April Two brand new flash stories of mine have just been published in Flash Boulevard. Available from all good bookshops – ask your local book store to get a copy! Or online, you can get it direct from Nine Arches Press, or from or Hive, both of whom donate a percentage to local book shops, or the Book Depository (free worldwide shipping). My second poetry collection, Still Life With Octopus, is now available, published by Nine Arches Press in July.

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My book has its very first review, by FC Malby: “Each poem shifts the way an octopus changes its colour, reflecting its mood, yet there is a thread that connects many of the poems – the nature and shape of the heart, all that is hidden, the confines of space and the way that some things need to be released, or remain hidden.” Read the full review here.ĭelighted that my first reading from my new poetry collection will be at Live Canon’s fab lunchtime Zoom reading this Fri July 15th, 1pm UK time! Grab your free ticket here, my octopus & I look forward to seeing you! And please join me online on Aug 17 7.30pm UK time for my official book launch, as part of a Nine Arches Triple Book Launch together with wonderful poets Ramona Herdman and Jess Mukherjee – details and tickets here! How can a book ask the big questions and still make you happy?” I can’t imagine a better response! July She dances all the huge questions and makes it effortless. The wonderful poet Clare Shaw says of “Still Life With Octopus”: Oh my God, what a collection. If you missed Nine Arches Press’ online Triple Launch on August 17th – in which I launched ‘Still Life With Octopus’ alongside Ramona Herdman launching ‘Glut’ and Jessica Mookerjee launching ‘Notes From A Shipwreck’ – here it is on Youtube, it was a lovely evening! The editors call it “hilarious and subversive” – read it here! My first Star-Trek-inspired piece of writing – a flash story called Taking Our Tails – was published in Banshee Lit’s print edition a few months ago, and they’ve just made it available to read online.

So happy to finally be able to share this news! When Arvon invited me to be their third Writer-in-Residence, I had little cry, because I’m not sure I’d be a writer if it wasn’t for Arvon…Find out more about the programme I’ve had such fun coming up with here: August My debut novel, Go On, a hybrid “fictional-memoir-in-collage”, is now available to pre-order! Details here, and please do join me for the online book launch on Zoom at 7.30pm UK Time on Nov 17th, tickets available here: Sept
