Fellowships

 

Jessie Kesson Finalist Fellowship, at Moniack Mhor

18th – 31st March 2024

 

 

This Fellowship was awarded to me as one of two finalists when I applied for a Jessie Kesson Fellowship.

https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/writers/awards-residencies/jessie-kesson-fellowship/

I was awarded a two-week paid Fellowship to develop my writing and to deliver two readings to other writers staying at Moniack Mhor.

As part of my contract, I was asked to deliver an event to further community engagement. As a result I am now excited to be involved in delivering occasional creative writing sessions via Zoom for the Maggie’s Centre at the Royal Marsden Hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

Hawthornden Fellowship     5th Sep – 2nd Oct 2021

 

 

A month-long silent retreat in which I worked on the manuscript for my poetry collection Half Other. I also read, walked, thought, and wrote new poems. A wonderful experience as one of only four Fellows resident in the castle – the first group of writers to be welcomed after the Covid pandemic.

https://www.hawthornden.org/hawthornden-castle