I have been selected to be one of the first Reside artists at New Art Exchange! Reside is a new programme that invites artists and creative groups to reside in NAE where they can collaborate and connect with NAE's wider community to generate inspiring ideas,...

Read the short story, Learning Sleazy, in Serendipity's Black Ink magazine Please to announce that my short story, Learning Sleazy, won the Writing Eastmidlands/ Serendipity 2021 Black Ink Writing Competition, it's now available in the Black Ink magazine, BlackInk is a...

Short story, Mimba's Hands, published in the Twisted Tales edition of Makarelle, independent literary and creative arts magazine, OcT 2021 Mimba's Hands pivots from research at Liverpool Slavery Museum's Sugar Plantation exhibition. Read the full story via Makarells online flipbook.

Apples and Snakes are back with the 3rd series of @Home, hosted by Bridget Minamore, was delighted to be featured alongside Brummy wordsmith Casey Bailey and a screening of John Bernard's poetry film, Canal Basin Blue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcTYpqNwJtA&list=PLWPtCehdZDpc3t2ShM2-Ggwg4QKURiAKI&index=1

Last year, I was selected to be the Erewash Harvest Moon & Festival of Light commissioned writer for 2020. I had big plans of involving Erewash allotment gardeners, using Ultra Violet paint to write poems and exhibit them at a...

Dial-a-Poem

Pleased to announce that my poem, Yamaye, the Land of Wood and Water, has been selected to part of Dial-a-Poem, a novel project inspired by John Giorno, updated to fit on social media platforms. To hear my poem and many...

  So the past couple weeks in lockdown have been difficult. My plan was to try and utilise the time in lockdown  to knuckle down to some Deep Work (using Cal Newport term to describe meaningful work. He’s written a...

All Together Now And the police are called to check on Shamila who’s been screaming next door and we’re now told that maybe masks are a good idea as the government have only been counting the people dying in hospitals...

Coronavirus Chronicles #9 Life in Brief

I’ll be sharing my thoughts, ideas, questions that have arisen whilst enduring the UK Coronavirus lockdown. They may take any shape; poems, short stories, rants etc all early drafts (no more than an hour of work)  in attempt to overcome...

Coronavirus Chronicles #8 A Letter From Solace

I’ll be sharing my thoughts, ideas, questions that have arisen whilst enduring the UK Coronavirus lockdown. They may take any shape; poems, short stories, rants etc all early drafts (no more than an hour of work)  in attempt to overcome...

Coronavirus Chronicles #7 Star Gazing

I’ll be sharing my thoughts, ideas, questions that have arisen whilst enduring the UK Coronavirus lockdown. They may take any shape; poems, short stories, rants etc all early drafts (no more than an hour of work)  in attempt to overcome...

Coronavirus Chronicles #6a Plantain Pandemic

I’ll be sharing my thoughts, ideas, questions that have arisen whilst enduring the UK Coronavirus lockdown. They may take any shape; poems, short stories, rants etc. all first drafts (or close enough), in attempt to overcome a fear of sharing...