Spooky Poem Month 2023

Spooky Poem Month 2023

I’m obsessed with spooky poems, as anyone will tell you. Deeply obsessed. One could call it a curse. If you repeat my name three times into a mirror, I’ll… well, I won’t reach out through the glass and strangle you. You seem nice. I...
The Joy of Constraint

The Joy of Constraint

Don’t worry, this isn’t a kink thing. Unless your kink is words? Don’t answer that. No, this is about simple writing exercises and how they’ve saved my writing practice multiple times. Consider the humble acrostic. Remember acrostics? You might...
Excellence in English: Creative Writing Workshops

Excellence in English: Creative Writing Workshops

In 2019, I was invited to deliver a series of creative writing workshops as part of St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School Excellence in English programme. For each of these I developed bespoke presentations and handouts (reviewed by the teacher before delivery), using...