He was red that day

This is a story about Ismael and his great big day out. Currently, he is sitting on an empty bench while the world gets on with it. For whatever reason, he cannot. He has been this way for four weeks now. No, no one died, and he doesn’t have cancer or anything like that. He […]

Silver Linings + Hopeful Things

I have been working in online education since 2015, and for five years I have been racking my brain about how to marry the skills I have acquired during that half a decade with my first love: creative writing and performance. Well these recent uncertain times, have proven very trying for my own mental health […]

2019 reading list

What a year I had with all things writing, workshopping, editing, performing, and of course, reading. My top read of 2019 goes to the groundbreaking and utterly delicious Paul takes the form of a mortal girl by Andrea Lawlor. They have created such an intersting, nostalgic, sexy and moving work of fiction that centres itself […]

Pride in Print

I had the pleasure of chairing the Pride in Print event this past #pride weekend in Edinburgh. The Lighthouse was electric with the energy of a kind audience and generous panel of writers, editors, programmers and publishers. It gave me opportunity to pause and reflect on LGBTQ+ writing and celebrate those doing the work in […]

We are here and we aren’t going anywhere – making space in Scotland

Anger can manifest in many ways: a poem, a song, a protest, a movement. Anger can burst-through as something red but can quickly turn blue. I am an angry reddish blue as I write this article. This emotion is channelling itself into creative productivity. I am done with being mad (for now). It’s time to […]