I wear many (proverbial) hats, but all my roles are built on a foundation of storytelling.
Even if the word has fallen into overuse, its role cannot. Storytelling means ideas, information, communication. It’s writing features and branded web copy. It’s guiding and polishing other writers’ words into copy that sings. It’s even capturing character on paper through pencil portraiture (another thing I do). We can all get hamstrung by descriptors and titles, but any creative will tell you we work best outside the box. The really valuable traits are resourcefulness, an eye for detail, a varied skillset, and a natural curiosity. I carry these with me in all that I do.
BYLINES
SUITCASE • Sunday Times Travel • Mr & Mrs Smith • Expedia • Delicious • Lodestars Anthology • Waitrose • Jamie Oliver • Fabulous • Trek & Mountain • Woman • Australian Women’s Weekly • ELLE • Malaysia Airlines • Westjet • Roadtrippers • Wilderness and more.
SUITCASE • Sunday Times Travel • Mr & Mrs Smith • Expedia • Delicious • Lodestars Anthology • Waitrose • Jamie Oliver • Fabulous • Trek & Mountain • Woman • Australian Women’s Weekly • ELLE • Malaysia Airlines • Westjet • Roadtrippers • Wilderness and more.
COPYWRITING
Novakid • DSSI Marketing • Financial Planning Association of Canada • Catch The Sun Communications • Hotels4U • Public Goods • UNSW
SUB-EDITING
Former chief sub-editor for Jamie Oliver’s magazine. Freelance for SUITCASE, National Geographic Traveller, National Geographic Food, Courier, Food & Travel, Stylist and more, plus various independent clients within corporate and creative media.
BOOKS
Author of Things I Learned From Falling, a memoir about modern-day fear and loneliness told through the experience of surviving four days severely injured in the desert. Contributing writer in the Lodestars Anthology book of travel essays, Pathways. Currently working on my second memoir, about walking the length of New Zealand while exploring what we mean when we talk about home.
EVENTS
Developed and ran the Travel Writing Workshop for the 2020 West Cork Literary Festival. Speaker for BLME, Lloyds, OPX Studio, Stanfords Travel Bookshop, the Globetrotters Club, Tararua Tramping Club and the Rosebank Business Association.
Novakid • DSSI Marketing • Financial Planning Association of Canada • Catch The Sun Communications • Hotels4U • Public Goods • UNSW
SUB-EDITING
Former chief sub-editor for Jamie Oliver’s magazine. Freelance for SUITCASE, National Geographic Traveller, National Geographic Food, Courier, Food & Travel, Stylist and more, plus various independent clients within corporate and creative media.
BOOKS
Author of Things I Learned From Falling, a memoir about modern-day fear and loneliness told through the experience of surviving four days severely injured in the desert. Contributing writer in the Lodestars Anthology book of travel essays, Pathways. Currently working on my second memoir, about walking the length of New Zealand while exploring what we mean when we talk about home.
EVENTS
Developed and ran the Travel Writing Workshop for the 2020 West Cork Literary Festival. Speaker for BLME, Lloyds, OPX Studio, Stanfords Travel Bookshop, the Globetrotters Club, Tararua Tramping Club and the Rosebank Business Association.