I am a creative writer based in Tāmaki Makaurau. I am currently editing my first novel and recently had prose-poetry published by Elixir & Star Press (2023). My poetry has been published in various UK anthologies, including 90s Man (Poetry Now, 1995) and Nailing Colours (Crocus, 1997) as well as literary magazines such as, Kaleidoscope Magazine and Flux Magazine. I was runner up in the Capricorn Poetry Prize (1997) and also co-created, edited and contributed poetry to a community-based creative writing zine in Manchester called Sub-Scribe.

My background includes work as a web and print-based journalist in the UK, during which time I was published in the Guardian, Times Higher Education Supplement and the Big Issue in the North, amongst others.

I hold a MCW (Distinction) from AUT (2020) as well as a Masters in Information Studies (Libs) (VUW 2012) and a BA (Hons) in Politics with African and Asian Studies (Sussex, 1994).

 

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