I have worked with people at many different stages and aptitudes, in schools, community centres, writers' groups, festivals etc, and organisations such as Women's Aid, the Women's Library (Glasgow) and ConFab.

I have a lot of experience in mounting platforms and creating development opportunities customised to the needs and aspirations of individuals and groups. I particularly enjoy engaging young people with performance poetry.

Specialism in Environment and Biodiversity
Pursuing themes connected to biodiversity and the environment, my Environmental and Biodiversity Workshops encourage fresh ways of looking at the landscape, strengthening links and deepening a sense of shared place.

Do you Need Help with Fees?
I am in the Scottish Book Trust Live Literature scheme, which subsidises workshops for qualifying organisations in Scotland.


Some Recent Projects

Evolving Words, Darwin 200 (The Wellcome Trust)
A group of young people (aged 18–25) challenged in their literacy skills and confidence wrote a collaborative poem reflecting Darwin's links to Cramond Beach on the coast near their home area. This project involved me liaising with and sourcing inspirational material from the National Library of Scotland.

The six sessions helped participants access their creative self and resulted in a video of the poem in performance and a live presentation at the Wellcome Trust in London.

Schools Biodiversity (Aberdeen City Council & Scottish Natural Heritage)
S3 biology class at Oldmachar Academy. Using biodiversity and biological processes as our themes, we created six interlinked poems, which the pupils presented at a Scottish Natural Heritage Conference. I led two writing workshops at the conference itself.