My writing can be found in numerous publications, including The Guardian, the short story collection Flash Nonfiction Funny (Woodhall Press, 2018), Test Signal (Dead Ink Books/Bloomsbury, 2021), North Country (Saraband, 2022), Hinterland magazine and Lunate. The research and writing of Cold Fish Soup was funded by a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England. I have also appeared on Radio 4, BBC Radio Humberside, BBC Radio Manchester and The Portico Podcast.

I have performed my work at a number of arts and literature festivals, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Leeds Litfest, the Ilkley Literature Festival, and the Manchester Literature Festival. I have also run workshops and taught creative nonfiction and life writing at Moniack Mhor, The University of Salford’s Festival of Research and the Northern Light Writers Conference

I have been a photo lab technician, a kitchen porter, the voice of an automated phone system, an illustrator, a ceramicist, a musician, a music journalist, and previously lectured in creative nonfiction and memoir writing at the University of Lancaster.