I'm a London-based writer and my latest book is a collection of short fiction, Ways of Living (Influx, 2021). I run Write & Shine, a programme of morning writing events and library of online courses. I also collaborate with older adults on storytelling projects.

For over 12 years I have supported artists and writers to raise funds and realise their ideas. I've worked at Arts Council England and as UK lead for crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.

My Fellowship in 2015-2016 focused on creative writing and ageing, and took me across the UK, Australia and the USA. It was supported by Age UK Bromley and Greenwich. I considered what it meant to work with those in later life as a writer, and why it mattered to be engaged creatively as an older person. I looked at examples of artist training, and thought about the impact of time and age on forms of writing too.

Since then, I've initiated and taken part in related activities including a creative befriending project linking artists to older adults at risk of isolation. Most recently, I worked with an academic, a book artist and a group of older women on New Stories, which invited creative responses to memories of childhood.