Commissions
Commissions
Commission me to write a piece for your project.
I have written poems for a wide range of organisations including the National Theatre, The V&A, BBC radio, The NHS, The Fire service, the New Vic Theatre, The Canal and River Trust and the Chambers of Commerce.
I have written an advertisement and created poetry for public art . I have held a range of writer in residency posts including local poet in residence for Nationwide Voices.
Workshops
Workshops
Let’s write together
I have facilitated workshops for people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences. I have delivered workshops in a wide range of contexts and settings. These include libraries, schools, community centres, churches and numerous outdoor settings such as festivals and car boot sales .
I have led maternal journal sessions and a range of projects that combine poetry with other artforms such as tap dancing, yes, I said tap dancing. I currently lead the Spark Young Writers group for Writing West Midlands.
Performance
Performance
Let me host your event or perform a poem.
I have performed at events locally and nationally including Verve Literary Festival and The Festival in a Factory literary festival held at Emma Bridgewater.
I'm an experienced event MC having organised and hosted poetry nights, slams, scratch nights, panels, debates, awards, auctions, comedy nights, cabaret nights and concerts in venues of all sizes.
Creative Producing
Creative Producing
Trust me to ensure that your event vision is accurately realized.
I’m a visionary who makes events and projects happen. Sitting at the intersection between creating ideas and doing them, I assemble the right team to oversee projects from the inception to the finishing stages. You’ll see me working in every aspect of the production process to make things happen.
I’ve created programmes and events for organisations such as The New Vic Theatre, The Mitchell Arts Centre, Appetite Stoke, Keele University and The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
Academic Research
Academic Research
Contact and collaborate with me.
MY PHD PROJECT - Staffordshire’s Colonial Connections: re-imagining Black voices from the archival debris.
My Cultural Studies PhD project, in collaboration with Staffordshire Archive and Heritage Service (SAHS), explores records of black enslaved and free black women and men who lived in Staffordshire in the Georgian and Victorian periods.
Under the supervision of Professor Mariangela Palladino , award winning poet and lecturer Malika Booker, historian Dr Kristen Brill and Sarah English of Staffordshire Archive and Heritage Service, I’m investigating how we creatively and critically address the silences in archives.
I’m interested in how writers use fragments from archives in their work. I'm interested in the social, and cultural history of free and enslaved Black people in England between 1668 until 1894 and the history of working class people in Staffordshire.
MY ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
I read English Literature and Psychology at Keele University and was nominated Student of the Year. I hold a PGCE from Manchester Metropolitan University and a Master's in Creative Writing from Keele where I was the Postgraduate Equality and Diversity Officer.
I have taught the Poetry and Prose unit (2023) at Keele University, guest lectured at conferences and I am currently an Associate Tutor in Creative Writing teaching on the Writing Profession unit at Staffordshire University (2023).