About Me
March, 2025.
I am an image-maker. I’ve written screenplays, directed short films, made art and devised installations, but now I make images through words and what lies hidden beneath them. I write every minute I can. If I didn’t write, it would feel as if I’ve lost something, as if I’m searching behind doors, in cupboards and in the street to find it again.
I am currently working on a lyrical work of creative non-fiction consisting of thematically linked essays about catastrophes or perils I have experienced. Settings include the Arctic, an intentional rural community, a circus, a hospital and a city street. Tinged with lyricism, humour and hope, this work examines the past through the lens of today’s world.
Two of these essays have been published in literary journals. Two hundred and sixty-two days reflects on Covid isolation and the solace offered through the natural world. The Red Coat explores trauma resulting from witnessing an incident in Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland, as well as colonialism and climate change. Another essay, Instructions for Living was short-listed for the Narrative Non-Fiction Prize at the 2024 City of Melbourne Writing awards. Find out more about my writing here.
My experience living in north-western Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland when I was 22 has shaped who I am.
My novel-in-progress, Unspooled (working title), is a contemporary literary fiction work about a queer couple, Nat and Francesca, with a three-year-old daughter, Elly. As Nat deals with the revelation her biological father may be Iranian, the couple struggle with the tension between expressing their own identity and compromising for the sake of their relationship. As conflict develops between the couple, Nat risks losing both Francesca and Elly. The settings range from an old weatherboard house in Coburg, Melbourne, to the canals and winding lanes of Venice, to the beauty and danger of Isfahan, Iran.
I imagine my characters are about to walk into these Venetian scenes.