Portfolio
Books
Click-a-path adventure story
Essays
Short stories
Flash
Children’s books
Film & TV
Podcasts
Theatre
Zines
Articles & opinion
Festival appearances
Awards & honours
Education & qualifications
Professional roles
- Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent, Massey University Press, 2024. (Co-editor.)
- Pet (stories), Mary Egan Publishing, 2020
Click-a-path adventure story
- The ManyEnding Story, 2024
Essays
- The Swiss Wolf, The Spinoff, 2024
- Going Dutch, takahē Magazine (Issue 108), 2023
- Who Shot the Last Huia, The Spinoff, 2023
Short stories
- Papaya, Reading Room, 2024
- Shadow, Landfall, 2023
- Going Viral, At The Bay, 2023
- No Happy Ending, takahē Magazine (Issue 104), 2022
- Honey Babe, Overland 244, Spring 2022
- The Hedgehog, Turbine Kapohau, 2021
- Sea Legend, Middle Distance (Victoria University Press), 2021
- What's the Point of Anything, Stasis, 2021
- Physical Education, takahē Magazine (Issue 101), 2021
- Fool's Gold, Cease Cows, US, 2020 and Flash Frontier, 2021
- Luna's Crew, Best of Auckland, Writers' Cafe Press, 2020
- The Pack, Newsroom, 2020
- The Hoarder, Fresh Ink, Cloud Ink Press, 2019
- Good Dog, The Valley Review, Massachusetts (Vol 13, Issue 3), 2019
- Continuation of the Species, The Valley Review, Massachusetts (Vol 13, Issue 3), 2019
- Flotsam and Jetsam, Mindfood Magazine, August 2019
- Heterochromia, takahē Magazine (Issue 95), 2019
- Emotional Support Animal, Sunday Star-Times, 2018
- Speaking in Tongues, Headland (Issue 14), 2018
- Frangipani, Headland (Issue 2), 2015
- Let’s Have Some Fun, Hue and Cry, 2014
- The Honeymooners, Aerodrome, 2014
Flash
- Seventeen, A Liminal Gathering (Elixir & Star Press), 2023
- Women’s Studies, Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand (Canterbury University Press), 2018
- Paperwork, North and South, 2018
- Ice Age, Potroast, 2014
Children’s books
- Bruce Goes Outside, Mary Egan Publishing, 2020
- Bruce Finds A Home, Mary Egan Publishing, 2018
Film & TV
- Misconceptions: Unravelling Anxiety web series, NZ Herald, 2023
- Misconceptions: Miscarriage web series, NZ Herald, 2020
Podcasts
- Pet, Otago Access Radio, 2020
Theatre
- Indiscretions (one act play), published in No. 8 Wire, Playmarket, 2011
- The Language of Angels, Silo Theatre, 2004 (Auckland Theatre Company commission)
- For Georgie, Silo Theatre and Bats Theatre, 2003
- Indiscretions, Silo Theatre, Bats Theatre and Maidment Studio, 2002
- Little Death, Silo Theatre and Bats Theatre, 2001
- Painted Lips, Drama Christie Studio, 2001
Zines
- Naughty Pussy, 2015
- The Lucky Numbers, 2015
- Over the Edge, 2014, (collection of flash fiction)
- Khartoum Place, 2014
Articles & opinion
- Worrying about Dunedin Hospital, Newsroom, January 2025
- Top 10 Signatures on the Robert Burns Desk, Otago Daily Times, January 2024
- Do You Have Kids? Otago Daily Times, July 2023
- For Real: The Power of Creativity and Connection, Otago Daily Times, May 2023
- Local Legends: The pubs of Port Chalmers, Down In Edin, December 2019
- The Best Book in the World, Otago Daily Times, May 2019
- Bereavement leave an overdue change, The Spinoff, August 2018
- The Loneliness of Miscarriage, The Spinoff, April 2018
- When Jacindababymania Hurts, published on The Spinoff and in The New Zealand Herald, February 2018
- Will landlords hike rents if Labour wins? The Spinoff, September 2017
- The latest threat to the economy, according to Winston: vegetarian sausages, The Spinoff, February 2017
- Cry Me a River: The Ministry of Justice Scandal isn't Justified, The Spinoff, February 2017
- A Little Life (part three), The Spinoff, January 2017
- Where There's Life (part two), The Spinoff, January 2017
- Accidentally on Purpose (part one), The Spinoff, January 2017
- The Prime of Miss Jean Batten, Glory Days, September 2016
- K'Rd is dead... Long Live K'Rd, Elsewhere.co.nz, October 2015
- Intellectual man drought foils search for Mr Right, Herald on Sunday, May 2015
Festival appearances
- Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival, 2021
- Little Landers Literature tour (Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature), 2018, 2019, 2020
- Wild Imaginings Children's Writers and Illustrators Hui, 2019
- Litcrawl, 2018
- Potroast launch, Auckland Zinefest 2015
Awards & honours
- University of Otago Robert Burns Fellow, 2023
- Hungarian Writers Residency writer in residence, 2023
- Winston Churchill McNeish Fellowship, 2023
- Shortlisted for Laura Solomon Prize, 2023
- Commended for Landfall essay competition, 2023
- Longlisted for Commonwealth Short Story Prize, 2022 & 2018
- Mindfood Magazine Short Story Winner, 2019
- The Sargeson Prize: Highly commended, 2019
- New Zealand Society of Authors complete manuscript assessment awardee, 2019
- Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition: Third place winner, 2018
- Creative Hub writer in residence, 2018
- Headland Award for the short story Frangipani, 2015
- Best of the Fest, Auckland Zinefest 2015
- Wellington Fringe Festival ‘best theatre’ award, 2002 and 2001
- Playmarket Young Playwright Award winner, 2000 and 2001
Education & qualifications
- Doctorate of Professional Practice: Writing as a Tool for Positive Change, Otago Polytechnic
- MA: Creative Writing, Victoria University’s Institute of Modern Letters
- BA: Writing for Stage, Unitec School of Performing & Screen Arts
Professional roles
- Fiction reader for takahē Magazine, 2021 - present
- New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Board Otago and Southland Branch delegate, 2022 - 2024