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One Track Mind / La Isla Bonita

I’ll be performing at the April “One Track Minds” event at Wilton Hall, East London, along with a stellar set of writers and comedians. Please join! Tickets are available at https://www.wiltons.org.uk/whatson/807-one-track-minds

Je t’aime Montreal

I am in love with the city of Montreal. That is all.

Ramsay Street Blues

#SaveNeighbours I am cold. I live in the mild Victoria climate but I never warm up. I spend a lot of time sitting in strangers’ hands. This is how I come to understand the world. Even when their hands are sticky and sweaty, which is most of the time, I still don’t warm up. TheyContinue reading “Ramsay Street Blues”

Greetings from Toronto

Last year I was lucky enough to be awarded funding to undertake a research project at Ryerson University in Toronto; specifically the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre. My project is called ‘Confessional Knowing: A critically queer reading of friendships in the letters and journals of modernist women’. Under Dr. Irene Gammel’s supervision I willContinue reading “Greetings from Toronto”

Finding my voice…

I recently took part in an excellent scriptwriting workshop for underrepresented writers, hosted by Led Creatives and supported by Ink Festival. The workshops were delivered by Poppy Pedder and were just brilliant. The aim of the workshops was for all participants to produce a short monologue that would be performed by an actor. All participantsContinue reading “Finding my voice…”

Tales from the Ether

I’m delighted to be included in this inaugural anthology from Orange Petal Press, a new indie publisher with a focus on underrepresented writers and short form. My poem I am Katie Margaret Hall the Wonder Woman is about how the battles we face in our lives make us the warriors we are now. As forContinue reading “Tales from the Ether”

Tymes goe by turnes

My poem New Orleans to Vancouver will be included in the upcoming Arachne press anthology and festival in honour of Winter Solstice (December 2020)

Event Review: King Of Clubs: King Of Hearts

Frankie Sinatra’s drag king night Kings of Clubs has become a well-established must-attend cabaret night on the scene. Borne from inspiration at the emergence of drag king talent, Frankie has created a welcome, inclusive event that showcases the best of the acts from around the world, old and new. https://divamag.co.uk/2020/02/06/review-king-of-clubs/

Victoria Victorious! @ Brighton’s Komedia

“Hannah Brackenbury’s ease of word play and joke set-ups capture the best of Victoria Wood’s legacy” https://divamag.co.uk/2020/01/17/review-victoria-victorious/

Lucy Spraggan “raises the roof” at Union Chapel

“However many times she takes to the stage, every show is different” https://divamag.co.uk/2019/12/05/review-lucy-spraggan-raises-the-roof-at-union-chapel/