Remembering / Disease , my third collection, is available to buy from Broken Sleep Books here

The manuscript received a Northern Writers’ Award in June 2020 from New Writing North.
The poet Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo judged the poetry entries and they praised the submission: ‘This collection deals with ordinary/extraordinary fractures, and does so with beautiful minimalism and intriguing poise.‘
A Stolen Hour was published in Spring 2020 as a pamphlet by Grey Hen Press. The pamphlet has sold out. Contact me if you would like a pdf.
The sculpture on the cover is by Henry Moore and can be found at Snape Maltings, UK.

Nothing serious, nothing dangerous my second collection, was published by Indigo Dreams in late 2019. I still have a few copies left. Contact me via the Contact page.
The striking cover painting is The Departure by the late artist Graham Kingsley Brown.

Another Life was my debut collection published by Oversteps Books in November 2016. Oversteps Books closed in March 2025.

Anthologies: I have poems in over 30 anthologies including Anne-thology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare, published by Broken Sleep Books in 2023. I was delighted to be invited to contribute a poem. The anthology was chosen as a book of the year by both The Guardian and Daily Telegraph.


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