Sweet little 3 min guest spot on the Hummingbird Blink Podcast. Reading a short excerpt from Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood, by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), and singing Swedish folk song "Vem kan segla".

Hummingbird Blink Podcast: poetry reading in English, performing folk song in Swedish

I had the pleasure to be invited to contribute to The Airing Cupboard Podcast, as the guest of master storyteller Zoé Brown. The script is almost entirely mine, along with a few minutes of narration. "The Foremothers" aired October 2020. (2:05 start)

The Airing Cupboard Podcast: scripting, storytelling (starts 2:50)

My photo, Polite Notice on Studded Door, was selected to accompany an intimate and illuminating poem by Penny Perry, touching on reproductive rights. It was published 29 September 2022, in Issue 137 of feminist literary magazine Writers Resist.

Photo, "Polite Notice on Studded Door"

Two very different photographs: one shot at the seaside, the other in the big city, both  inspired by the issue theme "awakening". They are found on pages 6 and 98 respectively.

Two photographs

A little poetic pondering upon human hearts and mountain heights and the places we return to. 

He Goes Up to the Mountains (poem)

This series of five, colourful images offers unique and exciting perspectives of everyday surroundings, exploring the glory of the ordinary as seen in the windows of Colwyn Bay, Wales.

Windows of Colwyn Bay photo series

October, 1942 is a 100 word World War Two microfiction piece featured in Issue Two of the 100 Word Project lit mag.

October, 1942 (microfiction)

I think of writing about great-great-grandfather Phineas, a veteran of the Civil War.

​Then I know I’ll be writing about great-great-uncle Fred, veteran of the Illinois State Pen.

​“Yes! Fred, Fred, Fred,” sing my ancestors brightly, insistently...

My People Hurt People (CNF)

Cover and series of 8 additional photos based on the theme "Light as a Feather", published in Duck Duck Mongoose Magazine 3 August 2022. The theme was interpreted creatively, featuring aspects of the natural world which are designed to take flight.

"Light as a Feather" mag cover and photo series

Series of four photos exploring the powerful symbolism of portals, as embodied in the diverse character and mood evoked by various doors and gates in my local region of Wales. Published in TERSE.Journal 14 July 2022.

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Selected work

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