Events and Awards

Events, Interviews and Performances

• Brave New Words Reader at Cymera Fest 2022, reading ‘First Blood’
• Host, ‘Celebrating Women in Sci Fi’, Shoreline of Infinity Event Horizon (31st March 2022)
• Featured on BBC Radio Scotland via BBC Upload, ‘Daughter of Fire and Water’ (February 2022)
• Reading: ‘Art of Ariadne’ at Lost, Looking & Found Book Launch (August 2021)
• Writer Spotlight, Edinburgh Literary Salon Speculative Special (May 2021)
• Featured Writer, Shoreline of Infinity Event Horizon, ‘Myths & Legends’ (May 2021)
• ‘Writing Climate Fiction for Children’, Stay At Home Literary Festival – Chairing discussion with Hannah Gold, Author of The Last Bear (May 2021)
• Reading: ‘Secrets of the Sea’ from Forest Publishing Chapbook, Where do you see yourself in five years?, Golden Hour and Forest Arts (April 2021)
• Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award Showcase, available here. (March 2021)
• Panelist, Folklore Edition, Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast – other guests included Terri Windling, Dee Dee Chainey and Signe Maene. (March 2021)
• Reading: ‘A Kelpie’s Breath’, The Great Margin Showcase (July 2020)
• Reading: Cymera Fest Open Mic, available here. (June 2020)
• Interview with Greta Thunberg for Young Geographer Magazine (July 2019)

Awards and Prizes

• 2022 British Fantasy Award Shortlisted for Best Audio with ‘Daughter of Fire and Water’ (final results TBA)
• Shortlisted Mslexia Short Story Competition 2021 – ‘First Blood’ was then published in Mslexia’s ‘Best Women’s Short Fiction 2021‘, published December 2021
• Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2020, Children’s & YA
• Finalist Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest (June 2022)
• Emerging Writer in Residence, Stay At Home Literary Festival 2020
• Liars’ League London, Women & Girls Theme Winner (August 2021) and Mystery & Suspense Theme Winner (June 2020)
• Retreat West, Monthly Micro Fiction Prize, Runner-Up, July 2020
• Shoreline of Infinity and Cymera Fest Prize for Speculative Fiction Runner-up 2019
• Shortlist WriteMentor Short Story Competition (August 2021 & October 2021)

Other roles

• Editor, ‘Ghostlore: An Audio Fiction Anthology‘. Alternative Stories & Fake Realities. Part One – Wilderness. (March/April 2022)
• Co-Founder Edinburgh Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers
• Judge in Pen to Print Audio Drama Competition (March-May 2021 & March-May 2022)
• Feature Writing Editor and Contributor – Young Geographer Magazine: Arctic Perspectives (2019)