I'm delighted to announce that my last collection, 'I Spit Myself Out' (2021, Sinister Horror Company) has been shortlisted for Best Collection in the British Fantasy Awards 2022. This book was very important to me - narratives of female body fears. The germ of the idea has been with me since recovering from illness in 2011, and with it, a new sense of the vulnerbility of the body. Over the next ten years, this seed slowly bloomed, giving rise to a desire to explore these fra

I'm delighted to announce that I have been awarded the status of Saari Fellow 2023. In March and April of 2023, I will be on residency in Finland, courtesy of the Kone Foundation, researching magical narratives of older women for my next collection, and making art work. From their website : 'In the March open call, 580 applications from 72 countries were submitted for the Saari Residence for artists and researchers. A total of 507 applications were submitted for individual re