Born and brought up in the North of England I now live in Angus in North East Scotland. I have worked in journalism, education, market research, shops and nightclubs (5 long years as a DJ in the 1990s) but at present I look after family full-time - partly because I like it, partly because it gives me more writing time and partly because I am very bad at keeping regular jobs.
I have been writing for years but concentrating on poetry for the last decade or so. I have published my poems as postcards and in a book called "More about the song". I read poems regularly at the folk club in Montrose (and anywhere else when asked). I have organised a couple of poetry and music events too.
I have appeared at:
Montrose Folk Club (fortnightly)
Dead
Good Poets, Aberdeen
Wordfringe
2007, Aberdeen
Out of the Woods, Dundee
Brechin
Arts Festival
Forest Cafe, Edinburgh
Various benefits in local area
I have been published in print by:
Self published book (Crowd-pleasers
Press)
Self published postcards
The Herald
Pushing
Out the Boat
HappenStance
Press (anthology - Unsuitable Companions)
Northwords Now
Citizen
32
Earth love
The Ugly Tree
Koo
Press (anthology - There's a Bairn in My Broth)
The Mental Virus
I have been published online by:
www.ink-sweat-and-tears.com
www.benjaminzephaniah.com
Bolts of Silk
www.readthismagazine.co.uk
www.snakeskin.org.uk
A Handful of Stones
www.hecale.com
www.laurahird.com
Poetry Scotland Open Mouse
www.litchaos.com
www.poetsletter.com
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