I’m a storyteller, prize-winning writer, filmmaker and workshop leader. Brought up across Scotland, England, Germany and Northern Ireland, I now live in Cumbria with the painter Monica Metsers, our two children, a dog and a hamster with strong opinions. I tell stories about water, mud, memory, metamorphosis, trees, trouble, time and place.
Please get in touch if you’d like to talk about my work:
Writing Prose, poetry, voiceovers & voiceover poems, screenplays and scripts, site-specific installations, information boards, funding bids, applications, pitches and pub quizzes.
Filmmaking Video editing, producing, planning, preproduction, shot lists, schedules, location scout. But especially video editing; I turn mountains of raw footage into compelling stories. I do colour, audio and titles.
Storytelling I tell at schools, festivals, events, heritage sites, story walks, guided tours and residential homes.
Script & story editing Reports, diagnosing problems, finding solutions, mentoring, copyediting, redrafting, proofreading
Workshops I’ve been a teacher for 15 years. I can facilitate bespoke workshops on any of my subjects.
