There's something wonderful & a little scary about pressing send on a feature that's taken so much time & care to research & write. The joy that a piece I've loved working on is hopefully ready for the world, along with the inevitable self-doubt. Do other writers feel this too?

I really enjoyed writing this feature for Guardian Saturday on the Dracula Returns to Derby project and the fascinating evolution on stage and screen of such an iconic character. theguardian.com/stage/article/…

Happy Pride 🌈I am delighted to be supporting the 8th annual The Literary Consultancy LGBTQ+ Free Reads. I'll be taking part in an Agent Q&A and offering 1:1s with the winners. Applications are open until June 30th - do apply! literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2024/05/announ…

I had a brilliant time at the DHH Literary Agency party last night. Loved getting to meet & chat to so many fellow clients of the wonderful Abi Fellows 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ - it was a warm, welcoming, joyous event, and I'm so glad I was able to be there.

I’ve just registered for this co-working day with Stoke Creates this Thursday in Hanley. Stoke artists and creatives, sign up and come along if you can - it’s a great chance to meet others working in the creative and cultural sectors locally. Also, free coffee!

Stoke-on-Trent achieving World Craft City status is brilliant news! Congratulations to everyone involved in making this happen.

It's really awful seeing how the far right have made so many in our communities feel unsafe here in Stoke and across the country. Their actions don't represent me or any of the kind, caring and welcoming people I know in our city.

📢 For #artists, #creatives, #culture, #publichealth, #healthcare peeps in #StokeOnTrent + #Staffordshire, I'll be running the 1st Creative Health Exchange Forum event w/ Kat Hughes Stoke Creates on 26 Sept, 10:15am-12:15pm Brampton Museum. JOIN US! eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-hea…

Hi we have had a couple of returns on this if anyone wants to book the sold out Stoke Creates event eventbrite.com/e/950673509057…

Out celebrating submitting my PhD thesis today! It’s been an intense four years of research & writing around disability memoir. At times I wasn’t sure I’d get this far (googled “should I quit my PhD” at least once), but also really enjoyed it. Now to wait for the viva…

Starting the day writing in a coffee shop, all cosy in the warmth with a view of the autumnal street. Who else finds this a perfect setup for writing?

It's Derby Poetry Festival! Join us tonight at Derby QUAD from 6.30pm for our first event of the festival, the Derby Poetry Festival Youth Showcase, free to attend - all welcome #derby #derbyshire #poetry #poetryfestival #spokenword #poetrycommunity #writing

This is a great volunteer opportunity for writers in the West Midlands who want to gain experience of supporting writing workshops for young people, and includes roles in Stoke and Newcastle-under-Lyme 👇

As a visually impaired person, travelling without anyone I know used to feel out of reach. So I loved going on a @traveleyesltd trip - where VI & sighted people travel together. I wrote about it for the Guardian: theguardian.com/travel/2024/oc…

Nothing like writing a time sensitive article that’s due in just over an hour to then have your cat walk across the keyboard and delete the paragraph you just spent the last ten minutes getting right. Here is a photo of the guilty boy, who still gets a fuss despite his antics.

Derby... Featured in The i newspaper #travel section this weekend, as well as online. Thanks Caroline Butterwick i travel bit.ly/3C3CfTh #LoveGreatBritain Visit Derby

In case you missed it, here's a fab article by Caroline Butterwick covering her first Traveleyes holiday experience... #Traveleyes

I’d wondered whether, being visually impaired, I’d enjoy watching dance. Experiencing Stopgap Dance’s show Lived Fiction - with integrated access key to every element - was a revelation. Here’s the piece I wrote about my window into dance: theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov…

Merlin - a former stray cat who we adopted earlier this year - was spooked by the fireworks, but we put on Classic FM’s #petclassics and he’s now snoozing away.

It was great to work with Caroline Butterwick and Stopgap Dance on this one! Take a read of Caroline's piece below ⬇️