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I write historical fiction and short stories and have taught and published history and economic history to young people and adults. Apart from school teaching I have worked as a lecturer with WEA and Glasgow University Extra Mural. I can deliver creative writing classes to adults and young people.
Argyll and Bute; Highland; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)
Events will deliver
Mentoring; Reading; Talk
Audience will work with
Adult learners; Care-experienced people; Carers; English as an additional language (EAL); Prisoners & young offenders; Vulnerable young people (under 18)
Topics of work
Biography & memoir; Care experience; Contemporary fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Historical fiction; Island communities