I am a writer and poet from Sheffield in South Yorkshire. I write - in part about the labels I have been given, rejected, chosen and accepted. These include being a pink haired, bisexual, working-class nerd. I’m disabled in a variety of ways and have nearly as many medical acronyms as I do books and some might say a worrying brain surgery habit. I also write about life, death, mixtapes and music..

Following a self-published experiment available on Amazon my first collection proper was published by Written Off in 2024 and is called Uncommon Labels.

In 2024 I performed at lots of different events including the Kaledoscopic Minds anthology launch. I’ve been the invited guest poet at Poems & Pints in Macclesfield and hosted the Written Off Pride open mic event. I also appeared at Manchester Poetry in the Park, alongside Helen Rice at an event for Sheffield’s Off The Shelf festival and last summer I crossed the Atlantic to read at the New York Poetry Festival. I ended the year back in the cemetery at Winter’s Edge Poetry. It was a double book launch event with Helen Mort, Susie Wilson and me.

I also write about music for Penny Black have contributed pieces for Now Then exploring the experiences of nearly dying (more than once) and highlighting the often hidden lives of young carers.

I am currently studying for an MA in Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. In part to make me finish a memoir… well memoir meets poetry collection via some playlists, interviews with the great and good, a couple of monologues and then there is a Hollywood movie script part… Why not invent a new genre of book while I’m at it?

If you have a project you think I might be interested in being a part or or that I might be able to help you with - drop me a line.

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