Chasing Time: a new poetry collection
My new poetry collection will be published in December 2020! For anyone who has read my blogs/visited my website before, you’ll know that I write poetry. It’s something that I didn’t really have an interest in until university, as I…
Poetry Meets Charity
As I’m sure you’re all aware, I published my first book of poetry last month, with the promise of donating 100% of the proceeds to Shelter – a charity I am very passionately about. So far, there have been two…
ANNOUNCEMENT: MY FIRST COLLECTION OF POETRY HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
I am pleased to announce that my first collection of poetry is now available to purchase in paperback format, and electronically for the modern hipsters. I truly discovered poetry when I began university back in 2012, at a time when…
The raggedy man in Birmingham
As of September, I became a resident of Birmingham. Since then, I have frequented the city centre dozens of times for job interviews, work and leisurely purposes. As much as I love the city of Birmingham and what it offers,…
Overcoming Readers Block
Reader’s Block: a term used to describe the period of time when no book can maintain your attention. We’ve all experienced it at some point; the times when you just can’t focus on a book or nothing interests you, so…
A guide to staying safe in Aberystwyth
When I knew I was going to university, I had many anxieties about what I would face there: drugs, spiking of drinks, prankster room-mates, sexual harassment, Freshers’ Flu and bullying. I’ve heard a lot of people think that I am…
Another year passed, and I’m still alive.
So I’ve come to the end of my second year at Aberystwyth University, and I can honestly say that if my experiences were plotted on a graph; there would be a positive gradient.Of course there are low points, but they…
My poetry reading [13th February ’14] & St. Paddy’s Day
Using the link below you can watch me read some poetry from the ECWS’ poetry reading on the 13th February [starting at 1:30, following an introduction from Poppy, the Creative Writing secretary]. Despite being possibly the most cringeworthy person I…
To those getting their results today…
Today is the day that will make or break thousands of young students across the country: A-Level results day. Will they have done well enough to get in to their first choice Uni, or will they have missed out by…