Portfolio
The portfolio below showcases some of my previous creative and editorial work as a freelancer. You can view more recent publications on my academic profile or on my Books page.
Commission for web library article for Rebecca Swift Foundation. December 2022.
Juror for Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2022.
Inaugural Poet-in-Residence for Birmingham Literature Festival. I read during a number of events throughout the festival, creating new work in response to the festival programming and event themes.
Reading and discussion as part of Bad Lilies digital event for Sylvia Plath Fest 2022
Commission for Radio 3's The Essay Series on the theme of 'Coming Home'
Poem Commission from BMAG - Ekphrastic poem responding to the statue of Lucifer in the Round Room. Exhibited for BMAG's 2022 reopening.
Kendal Poetry Festival - Main Event Reading with Don Paterson
Kendal Poetry Festival - The Editor's Perspective. Hour-long event in conversation with festival director Kim Moore and audience.
Newcastle Poetry Festival 2022 - Panel event on inequality in the arts with Rishi Dastidar, Yomi Sode, and Jo Clement
Collaborative commission with Gerry Cambridge for Radio 3's The Verb on Books and Pens
Feature article for Young Poets Network 'How to Work in the Arts' series. May 2022.
Double page spread feature article in Spring 2022 Poetry News on poetry in Birmingham
Gulley Live – Inaugural event by Birmingham-based South Asian poetry collective Gully (photo credit: Lexi Tomlinson)
Nottingham Creative Writing Hub – reading with Togara Muzanenhamo and students from NTU.
Creative Conversations reading series at University of Glasgow hosted by Colin Herd of the Creative Writing Department and held at the University Chapel.
Speaker at careers panel event as part of ICCW day for MA creative writing students at BCU School of English.
Speaker at Orwell Lecture pre-event for Orwell Youth Fellows.
'New Stories Were Born', a short review for the TLS of Brevity; a journal of concise nonfiction.
Two Poems—‘Closures’, ‘Animal’—in Issue 4: ‘Ghosts’ of Bad Lilies digital poetry magazine.
Poets & Publishers event; discussion and Q&A on publishing with Luke Thompson from Guillemot Press.
‘Reading and Discussion: Let’s Get Critical’ at Push The Boat Out Poetry Festival in Edinburgh.
Regional Writer Event as part of Birmingham Literature Festival 2021, speaking alongside Gillian McAllister.
Poets Directory Live—Reading for virtual Stanza group reading series.
‘Bad, Mad, and Bold Mixtape’ article for The Poetry Review's digital content.
‘Cupid and Psyche’, a review of Keats’s Odes by Anahid Nersessian for The Poetry Review, Autumn 2021.
‘Clear water between the stresses’, a review of The Craft of Poetry by Lucy Newlyn for the TLS.
Collaborative poem ‘Quinton’, written with Suna Afshan, for Magma 78 ‘Collaborations’.
Short review of Jonathan Davidson’s A Commonplace for the TLS.
Spotlight Poet with two poems ‘August Rain’ and ‘Mirror’ for Poets Directory.
Commissioned writer for Multistory’s ‘Stories in Isolation’ project during the first Covid lockdown.
Author talks and speaking engagements at University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Westminster, and elsewhere.
I've compèred for monthly readings ‘Words@the Warehouse Cafe’ in Digbeth, Birmingham.
Poem ‘Uncloaked’, a creative translation/adaptation of Imam Burisi’s Qasida Burda, in Modern Poetry in Translation, Spring 2021.
Judge for the Orwell Youth Prize 2021.
PBLJ Showcase at PLATFORM: Black and Asian Writers Conference.
Commissioned poem for Magma 79, ‘Middle C’.
Panel event on contemporary poetry magazine publication for the Periodicals and Print Culture Research Group.
Reading at ‘Speaking for Ourselves’ event for X-change Festival on International Women’s Day.
Two Poems—‘Questions of Faith’ from Litanies, ‘Can you feel that?’—in Issue 43 of The Dark Horse magazine.
Review of Snow Approaching the Hudson by August Kleinzahler for PN Review Issue 260.
Poem ‘Rose Apple and the Desiccated Lake’ in PN Review Issue 259.
Reading with Philip Lancaster for the launch of his book Sonata with Guillemot Press.
Workshop for Kendal Poetry Festival’s ‘Where to Next?’ day of events.
Cheltenham Poetry Festival reading with Aaron Kent and Stuart McPherson.
Review of Modern Bengali Poetry anthology for Modern Poetry in Translation, Spring 2021.