Hello and welcome to my website! I am a London-based poet, editor and tutor who also writes for children. I studied English Literature at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, where I was President of the Oxford University Poetry Society and won the Newdigate Prize. I also have an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway.

 

My poems for adults have been published in various magazines and anthologies, including The Rialto, Magma, and The Poetry Review. I have two pamphlets with the Emma Press, The Flower and the Plough and Rivers Wanted. My latest pamphlet, Disappointing Alice, is published by HappenStance.

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I am the editor of Tyger Tyger Magazine, an online journal of new poems for children, which publishes once a term with free downloadable poem posters and teaching resources. I have co-edited three anthologies for children with the Emma Press, on the subjects of mythology, space, and kings and queens. I regularly visit schools, libraries and festivals to read and perform my work, and I am available for bookings. I teach for The Poetry School and The Poetry Society, and regularly contribute to the Children’s Poetry Summit blog.

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I am the author of the Brown Bear Wood series for children, published by Magic Cat and illustrated by Freya Hartas. These search-and-find poetry and nature books include If You Go Down to the Woods Today (2021) and Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball (2023), as well as various board books and activities. The Brown Bear Wood series has been translated into twenty-seven different languages.

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I am represented by Philippa Milnes-Smith at The Soho Agency.