My exploration into personal and planetary grief this year has led me to meaningful collaborations, including the University of Oxford's Antarctica Story Making project with the British Academy and Wellcome Trust. And with ACE funding I also contributed to Iceland's Reykjavík Literature Festival.
My recent eco-residency experiences have been transformative, encompassing stays at NAHR in Val Taleggio and Hawkwood - Centre for Future Thinking. I've also served as writer in residence at both Port Sunlight Village Trust, and Modern Art Oxford (through The Monica Sjoo Curatorial Collective).
Several awarded symposiums have enriched my practice, including Poetry Hydraulics with Billy Collins in New York City and The Memoir Salon with Cheryl Strayed and Rachel DeWoskin in Patmos.
2024 proved particularly inspiring through my involvement in three significant conferences at The University of Oxford: The Eurotas Creative Bridges, The Masters Conference featuring Gabor Maté and Bessel van der Kolk and the 90th PEN International Congress.
