This novella will be published by Road Song Books on 16 February 2026. Buy here.

AWARDS Selected as an emerging writer for Literature Works 2024/25 Word Space cohort with my WIP, a nature memoir. Winner, BBC's Ten Tiny Plays About Wiltshire with "In Memory Of Annie" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dvn02l Winner, Touchnote Fill The Space with "Diary Of A Panettone" Winner, Nuffield/MAST Theatre Make It SO with "110 m.p.h." Runner up, The Yeovil Literary Prize (Novel) with "Hard Wet Sand" Shortlist, Jerry Jazz Musician Short Story Award with "Sketch in D

AUTUMN/WINTER 2025 AUGUST Guest poet at Jawbone's Second Birthday Party (26) The Poet Laureate, Poundbury SEPTEMBER Showcase poet at Jawbone's "Words To Keep You Talking" (6) Exeter Library OCTOBER Performer, Wyle Valley Writers (16) Langford Parish Hall, Hanging Langford NOVEMBER Performer, Festival of Words and Music (22) St Peter's Fugglestone, Wilton SPRING/SUMMER 2025 APRIL Bournemouth Writing Festival (26/27) Creation of Bournemouth Community Poem (2 days) Nature Poetry