Interlocutor at literary festivals
Hay Literary Festival
in conversation with Zdenka Fantlova and Renos Papadoloulos in 2013 LISTEN
with poet Gwyneth Lewis & writer and philosopher Raymond Tallis in 2011
with poet Gillian Clarke in 2012
Conference presentations
Climate Change and Privilege - Friends’ House London, Feb 2020
What can writing do in a climate challenged world? - Creative Bridges conference on
writing and wellbeing, July 2019
Enoughness - Eating Disorders International Conference, London, 2015 and 2016
What Else But Ink on a Page? Writing for Dialogue and Change - National Association of Writers in Education, 2016
What Else But Ink On A Page? - National Association of Writers in Education Conference 2016
Using the Arts to Improve Understanding of Mental Health Issues in Young People - South West Clinical Commissioners' Conference 2016
Presentation to the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Arts, Health & Wellbeing in 2015 – HERE
Poetic Approaches to Health and Illness: Recollecting and Reconstructing - Narrative Matters Conference
American University of Paris 2012
Poetry and Our Cities- Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Madrid, Spain, 2008 & 2012
Hay Literary Festival
in conversation with Zdenka Fantlova and Renos Papadoloulos in 2013 LISTEN
with poet Gwyneth Lewis & writer and philosopher Raymond Tallis in 2011
with poet Gillian Clarke in 2012
Conference presentations
Climate Change and Privilege - Friends’ House London, Feb 2020
What can writing do in a climate challenged world? - Creative Bridges conference on
writing and wellbeing, July 2019
Enoughness - Eating Disorders International Conference, London, 2015 and 2016
What Else But Ink on a Page? Writing for Dialogue and Change - National Association of Writers in Education, 2016
What Else But Ink On A Page? - National Association of Writers in Education Conference 2016
Using the Arts to Improve Understanding of Mental Health Issues in Young People - South West Clinical Commissioners' Conference 2016
Presentation to the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Arts, Health & Wellbeing in 2015 – HERE
Poetic Approaches to Health and Illness: Recollecting and Reconstructing - Narrative Matters Conference
American University of Paris 2012
Poetry and Our Cities- Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Madrid, Spain, 2008 & 2012
