My short story 'The Nightjar and the Robin' is inspired by the Burmese folktale 'How friendship developed among birds'. This story was written as part of The Nightjar Project by African Activities in the New Forest which uses the nightjar's migration from West African to the New Forest to tell stories of people's movements and discuss ideas around belonging.

Does anyone else’s brain still stubbornly file things according to academic years? I guess as a parent to two school age children that...

Skin stretched like the croak of a frog, Deflating. Motherhood drapes her cloak. Newt resting on my swollen breasts like a hot water...

In October 2022 I was a guest writer for MixedRace Mama as part of their home-from-home series. I contributed 4 posts (published on...

This poem was written as part of a Bi+ Lines workshop run by Kobi Ayensuo which was looking at creating from the archive, and how we can...

On a long train journey, two strangers meet. TW: suicide. 6 minute read. The regular rhythm of the train moving over the track was almost...

Set in Elizabethan England, The Flushing Incident follows gullible goldsmith Gifford Gilbert and his adventure with Christopher Marlowe...