What's new? Anything exciting happening with your writing recently?
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Eeeeek yes it did!
I am thrilled to announce that I've won the Brian Dempsey Memorial Poetry Prize and as a result of that have published my debut poetry collection with Dempsey and Windle...I am so excited to be able to share my very first book with everyone: |
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....and, back in the spring 2020, and BY SOME CRAZY MIRACLE I was chosen by Stephen Fry and Prue Leith as the winner of the 2020 Mogford Prize with my story 'The Lift'....I still can't really believe it. If you like, you can read the story here...
If you'd like to find out more about my recent prizes, head this way.
My most recent publications are listed here.
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Who are your influences?
My favourite storytellers and influences are an eclectic bunch!
In no particular order:
Ali Smith, Astrid Lindgren,
Bill Watterson, Michael Ende, Rainer Maria Rilke, Naomi Alderman, Meg Rosoff, Wislawa Szymborska, Ada Limon, Mary Oliver,
Mascha Kaléko, Stephen Fry, Kelly Link, Jennifer Egan, Fiona Apple,
P.G. Wodehouse, Regina Spektor, Douglas Adams, Jane Austen, Eddie Izzard, Madeline Miller, Michel Faber, Laini Taylor, Neil Gaiman, Dodie Smith, Helen Oyeyemi, Virginia Woolf, Miranda July, Charlie Kaufman,
Carmen Maria Machado, Maya Angelou, Armando Iannucci, Philip Pullman, too many to name from my Creative Writing Mst but especially MK Roney, Rose Segal,
Sarah Byrne, JC Niala, Allie Bullivant, Clayton Zane, Mary-Jane Holmes and Sam Thompson and also my incredible writing friends Clare Coggins, Sophie Caldecott, Leonie Caldecott, Lucy Duggan, Sophia Heyland, Clara Henssen, Daisy Johnson, Phoebe Nicholson, Sarvat Hasin, Claire Trevien, Lucy Ayrton, Tom de Freston and Kiran Millwood Hargrave. And all the wonderful women who go to the LIT poetry group in Oxford.
Oh and the German playwrights Moritz Rinke and Theresia Walser who taught me dramatic writing at the LMU, and Roger Hyams at the London Film School who taught me screenwriting for short films.
And then there's my amazing music inspirations and collaborators: Steffi Müller, Klaus Dietl, Matt Bradshaw, Luke Keegan, Rosie Caldecott, Ditte Ellie, Claire Ewbank, Alev Lenz, GON, Chris Johnson, James Bell, all the Halfmoon Allstars, Sam Taplin, Faceometer, Matt Winkworth, Ed Pope I'm sure I must be forgetting a bunch of people but everyone I've mentioned is amazing in different ways and well worth checking out :)
In no particular order:
Ali Smith, Astrid Lindgren,
Bill Watterson, Michael Ende, Rainer Maria Rilke, Naomi Alderman, Meg Rosoff, Wislawa Szymborska, Ada Limon, Mary Oliver,
Mascha Kaléko, Stephen Fry, Kelly Link, Jennifer Egan, Fiona Apple,
P.G. Wodehouse, Regina Spektor, Douglas Adams, Jane Austen, Eddie Izzard, Madeline Miller, Michel Faber, Laini Taylor, Neil Gaiman, Dodie Smith, Helen Oyeyemi, Virginia Woolf, Miranda July, Charlie Kaufman,
Carmen Maria Machado, Maya Angelou, Armando Iannucci, Philip Pullman, too many to name from my Creative Writing Mst but especially MK Roney, Rose Segal,
Sarah Byrne, JC Niala, Allie Bullivant, Clayton Zane, Mary-Jane Holmes and Sam Thompson and also my incredible writing friends Clare Coggins, Sophie Caldecott, Leonie Caldecott, Lucy Duggan, Sophia Heyland, Clara Henssen, Daisy Johnson, Phoebe Nicholson, Sarvat Hasin, Claire Trevien, Lucy Ayrton, Tom de Freston and Kiran Millwood Hargrave. And all the wonderful women who go to the LIT poetry group in Oxford.
Oh and the German playwrights Moritz Rinke and Theresia Walser who taught me dramatic writing at the LMU, and Roger Hyams at the London Film School who taught me screenwriting for short films.
And then there's my amazing music inspirations and collaborators: Steffi Müller, Klaus Dietl, Matt Bradshaw, Luke Keegan, Rosie Caldecott, Ditte Ellie, Claire Ewbank, Alev Lenz, GON, Chris Johnson, James Bell, all the Halfmoon Allstars, Sam Taplin, Faceometer, Matt Winkworth, Ed Pope I'm sure I must be forgetting a bunch of people but everyone I've mentioned is amazing in different ways and well worth checking out :)
Where can I buy your music?
First of all, thank you! Thanks so much for supporting musicians with your hard-earned cash...:) |
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I'm obsessed with cute dogs and pretty things. Can you help?
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Why, yes! |
Are there recurring themes to your writing?
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Some themes that crop up a lot are birds, dreams & fairy tales. |
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You forgot about spiders! They also seem to be a recurring theme.
Are you scared of spiders?
Yes, though I'm trying not to be!
I know they are harmless and useful.
I guess that's why I write and sing about them, to help me get over my fear....
Is any of your writing online?
How can I get my writing published? Any advice?
Be brave and send your words out into the world…I know it can be scary but it’s the only way for your writing to find the readers it deserves. And don't be scared of rejection - it only takes one yes! If you're wondering where to start, here’s a list of publications that have published my writing and it’s been a lovely experience every single time:
Abyss&Apex, About Place, AE SciFi, Aestetica, Alchemy Spoon, Allitera, Animal, Asimov's, Belfast Book Festival MCA, Book Smugglers, Briar’s Lit, Broken Sleep, by degrees, Caterpillar, Catweazle, Coastal Shelf, Cuntry Living, Dear Damsels, Dempsey & Windle, Dime Show Review, Dreams and Nightmares, Enchanted Conversations, Europe and Me, Fair Play, Frozen Wavelets, Fireflies and Flames, Hammond House Poetry Prize Anthology, Harana, Hecate, Horses of a different colour, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Isis, Jellyfish Review, Last Stanza, Little Rose, Live Canon, Lucent Dreaming, Magic, Manawakers Flash Fiction Podcast, Makarelle, Macmillan, Mslexia, No Place Like Home, Nothing Substantial, Off Topic Press, Oxford Brookes Poetry, Oxford Is My Home, Obheal Five Words, Pause for Paws, Parkinson’s Art, Poetry, Querencia, Rattle, Reflex Fiction, Rise Up Review, Second Taste, Strange Horizons, Sylvia, Stargazers, Tales From The Forest, Tigershark, Tiny Seed Journal, tinystori.es, The Hippocrates Awards Anthology, The London Reader, The Phare, The Mogford Prize, The Story Player, The Voices Project Poetry Library, Three Drops Press, Tyger Tyger, Visual Verse, Vivid, Wayward and Upward, Welcome to Nightvale, Welter, What The Moon Was Told, Whiptail, Whirlagust, Winchester Poetry Prize Anthology, Wingless Dreamer, Wildfire Words, Winning Writers...
