November 2025
“Dreaming” (poem) in Sunday Mornings at the River 2026 Poetry Diary – a diary for the year ahead featuring a poem for every week.
October 2025
“You Were Here” (short story) in mnemotope 008 – a poetry magazine by Bog Bodies Press.
September 2025
“Eulogy” and “Later” (poetry) in You’re Never Too Much: Poems for Every Emotion – a poetry anthology curated by Charlie Castelletti for First Ink/Macmillan Children’s Books.
On behalf of my currently-on-hiatus magazine Changeling, I have been selected for Santander X Explorer, a 12-week pre-incubation program designed to support entrepreneurs in transforming their ideas into sustainable projects.
August 2025
“Vampire Hunter Jess” (children’s chapter book) longlisted for the Guppy Open Submission.
Published Changeling Mini Mag Issue 03: Wild – Changeling Mini Mag is a magazine for children ages 8-12, designed and edited by myself and featuring art, writing and activities produced entirely by neurodivergent creatives.
July 2025
Awarded a bursary to attend the Children’s Media Conference, and began mentee journey with Creative Consultant Steph Cooper.
“You Were Here” (short story) in GZL Press – Glasgow Zine Library’s debut issue of GZL Press.
Awarded a placement with the Society of Young Publisher’s LAUNCH Scheme, beginning a mentee journey with SoulMuppet Publishing Director Zach Cox.
June 2025
Selected to receive a grant from the Open University’s Open Business Creators Fund.
May 2025
“Fox and Mouse and the Worlds Inbetween” (children’s novel) longlisted for for the David Fickling Search for a Storyteller competition.
April 2025
“Sunday” (poem) in There Are Only So Many Ways You Can Write About Fruit – Poetry collection edited by Tallulah Howarth.
January 2025
“Love Letters” poetry collection – Physical copies of my poetry collection “Love Letters” are now available to pick up at Oswestry Town Museum.
September 2024
“Love Letters” in ART-efact Oswestry Exhibition – My poetry collection “Love Letters”, the culmination of my artist residency, was on display at a pop-up exhibition space in Oswestry, Shropshire.
“Lovers” (poem) in We Are Proud Exhibition – One of my poems featured in the ART-efact Exhibition was also featured in the We Are Proud Exhibition – a celebration of Shrewsbury Pride 2024 held in Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery.
Began All Stories Mentorship – A development programme worth £1500, with an aim to expand my children’s story “Vampire Hunter Jess” from a short story into a full-length work for young readers.
August 2024
“To Let” (poem) in The Thicket Magazine – This special edition of The Thicket consisted of shortlisted poems received in response to The Fawn Press’s callout from poets of marginalised genders for their 2024 Writers Development Programme 2024.
July 2024
“Eulogy” (poem) in Facing Goodbye – Collection by Wee Sparrow Poetry Press.
June 2024
Published Changeling Mini Mag Issue 02: Pride – Changeling Mini Mag is a magazine for children ages 8-12, designed and edited by myself and featuring art, writing and activities produced entirely by neurodivergent creatives. This edition is in aid of akt.
May 2024
Began ART-efact Artist Residency – Funded by UK Shared Prosperity Funding, this residency saw me working closely with Oswestry Town Museum and Shropshire Archives, creating a body of work inspired by queer love letters between two WWII soldiers.
January 2024
“9-5” (short story) in Open All Hours Exhibition – Run by Shape Open, held at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Hearne Hill, London.
December 2023
“The Path of Beauty” (poem) in Ey Up Again – An anthology of Northern poetry from Written Off Publishing.
October 2023
“I Love the Way” (poem) in Relics of Unbearable Softness – A collection from Beyond the Veil Press.
Published Changeling Mini Mag Issue 01: Rebuild – Changeling Mini Mag is a magazine for children ages 8-12, designed and edited by myself and featuring art, writing and activities produced entirely by neurodivergent creatives. This edition was in partnership with the Science and Industry Museum.
September 2023
“The Autumn Vixen” (short story) on Hannah’s Bookshelf: Autumn Equinox Special – A weekly literature radio show on North Manchester FM hosted by Clayton Hall writer-in-residence, Hannah Kate.
“To Let” (poem) in SODA MA Show – Animator Rebecca Horswill adapted my poem “To Let” into an animation for her final piece at the School for Digital Arts.
May 2023
“Crush” (short story) in Changeling Annual 2023 – A children’s anthology curated by myself, and featuring solely neurodivergent artists, writers and poets.
“Discovery” (poem) in Beloved – A collaborative zine.
March 2023
“The Beekeeper” (short story) in Found Family Zine – A zine by Coin-Operated Press.
“Charity Shop Poem” (poem) in Another’s Treasure Zine – A collaborative zine.
February 2023
“Later” (poem) in in•spire: poems with breath in them – A poetry anthology by Fragmented Voices.
January 2023
Interview with Little Thoughts Press
“Floorboard Fairies” (children’s short story) in Storytime Magazine – One of the UK’s leading kids magazines.
December 2022
“Fragments; Complete” (poem) in Whatever’s Left: A Blackout Poetry Zine – A poetry zine by Coin-Operated Press.
Changeling IDDP Performances at Manchester Central Library – Neurodivergent poets that were featured in my children’s anthology, Changeling Annual 2023, were invited to read at Manchester Central Library’s International Day of Disabled Person’s Celebrations.
October 2022
“The Autumn Vixen” (children’s short story) in Little Thoughts Press – A print literary magazine designed for a youth audience (10 and under).
August 2022
Began 2022 Future Fires Programme – This Contact Theatre programme supports young artists to develop creative projects for their communities. With funding, training and support from Contact, I launched my project Changeling, a publication for children featuring solely neurodivergent artists and writers, in September 2022.
July 2022
“The Beekeeper” (short story) on Deep Overstock Fiction Podcast – A podcast hosted by Z.B. Wagman and Mike Santiago.
“The Beekeeper” (short story) in Deep Overstock – A quarterly journal publishing writing by booksellers.
June 2022
“A Bookseller’s Journey to Becoming a Published Children’s Author” on Booka Bookshop’s Blog
“Vampire Hunter Jess” (children’s short story) in Tales of the Bold, the Brave and the Beautiful – A children’s short story collection.
May 2022
“Nesting Cosmos” (poem) in Lucent Dreaming – An independent magazine of creative writing and poetry.
Performed at Pride in Trafford – I performed a reading of my short children’s story “Vampire Hunter Jess” as part of the Pride in Trafford celebrations.
May 2022
“Taking Up Space” (poetry) at DIS:Play Exhibition – An immersive living history museum created by young disabled creatives from Manchester, in collaboration with Director Sam Holley-Horseman. Combining live performance, sensory spaces, and digital installations, this hybrid event has access and activism at its heart. My piece documented 14 days of my life in snapshots, audio, and poetry, to bring my audience up close to my experience of my autism.
December 2021
“Discovery” (poem) adapted by Outbox Theatre into a short film.
“Discovery” (poem) in BRIGHTER – a digital zine.
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