I work with words in all their forms, solo and with collaborators, via publishing, lyrical essays, film, poetry, making books, spoken word, middle grade novels, in galleries, in theatres and in the community. Some people say I’m a word-artist – I say I do stuff with words. These are some words examples.
I am represented by Molly Ker Hawn at The Bent Agency.

The Secret of Haven Point
Publishing February 2022 from Puffin books, part of Penguin Random House UK, THE SECRET OF HAVEN POINT is a lyrical voice-led middle grade novel set on the north east coast, in a lighthouse, with a captain with a kitten in his beard, and a gang of disabled friends having a cracking adventure. As yet untitled, book two will follow in early 2023.
You can pre-order a copy here – please and thank you.

You can read more about it here in the Bookseller announcement.
This adventure began when I won a coveted spot as one of 10 mentees out of over 1700 applicants on Penguin RHUK’s WriteNow programme. You can read more about it here:

You can read about other books and publications here.
Best British and Irish Flash Fiction
I have a coveted place on the #BIFFY 50 List celebrating the Best British and Irish Flash Fiction 2018-2019 for my piece SECOND BEST ROOM.

Creative Non-Fiction
These articles are examples of commissions for creative non-fiction:
On Difference and Disability – commissioned by The Bookseller
On Not Writing – commissioned by Northern Gravy
Turning limitations into possibilities – commissioned feature article for Arts Professional
Access is Kindness – commissioned by Luxi Ltd
I can zoom – If… – commissioned by Little Cog
Crap-Bag Days – a lyrical essay, commissioned by Carmen Marcus
What’s in a name? – Opinion Piece
Diverse – Finding my Tribe – Review
Karen Sheader – The Need to be Creative – Interview
Kev Howard – A Photo Essay – Showcase
Lisette Auton & Vici Wreford-Sinnott in Conversation – Is Emerging even a Thing? – Interview
Secret Diary of a Fledgling Freelancer – commissioned article for development agency, New Writing North
Disconsortia – A Lyrical Essay – commissioned piece as Writer in Residence for Disconsortia – part poem, part essay, part transcript.
Poetry
The following are links to a few examples of my poetry online:
Second Best Room – commissioned poem for Visual Verse
Surrender and Go To War and Fight For Me – published at I am Not a Silent Poet
The Fallacy of Saving – published in Snakeskin 233
We Rule – published in Issue 3: Locations of DNA Magazine (p.34)
Editor

I was appointed as Guest Editor for Disability Arts Online from December 2018 – February 2019. I wrote seven pieces including interviews, an opinion piece, reviews and showcases, and commissioned a further 12 articles which were published in 4 newsletters in a takeover in February 2019. I also conducted an Instagram takeover and hosted a live Twitter debate. The theme for the editorship was Northern Emerging Disabled Artists – to give this region, and other artists in my position, a platform to showcase their unbelievable talent. This is the link to the project page with all the articles I wrote and commissioned.