She has worked as a manager on a variety of community and arts projects in Bristol over the last ten years.
Her fiction writing has been featured on:
- The Guardian - Vusi Makusi, runner-up 2011 short story competition
- Radio 4 - The Truth About Me and Dick Whittington (short story)
- Bristol Old Vic - Fermentation (short play)
- On East of the Web (short stories)
- And live at festivals including Port Eliot Lit Fest, the Green Man Festival, End of the Road Festival, and the Secret Garden Party.
- Comment is Free (the Guardian)
- The Big Issue in the North
- New Internationalist magazine
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| Photo (c) Louise Gethin |
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| Photo (c) Louise Gethin |
I am currently looking for a Literary Agent, and if you would like to discuss representing me, please contact me via email.
Scripts
I
have writter a full-length play script called 'Fermentation', part of
which was produced as short play by the Bristol Old Vic in 2009.
Short Stories:
The Wicker Husband
The ugly girl asks the basket-maker to make her a husband. But when the wicker husband is finished, the rest of the village get jealous. A traditional but completely original folk tale. Available on East of the Web in English and on this blog in Viet.
Vusi Makusi
A hopeless optimist, Vusi Maki refuses to give up on anything. Even when the bus home from his village is 20 years late, he's still by the roadside. Available on East of the Web in English and on this blog in Viet, Russian and Arabic. Available on Kindle here
The Time-Sweepers
The time-sweepers sweep up all the time that everyone else has lost and wasted, then they recycle it. Available on East of the Web in English and on this blog in Hungarian and Arabic.
The Ghost Tiger
Colonel Chumley-Smythe vows to bag the famous ghost tiger of the Western Ghats. A quirky, romantic story set in India. Available for Kindle here.
Available on Request:
The Great Brassicstein Cabbage Disaster
The Emperor falls out with the cabbage-growing nation of Brassicstein. Years later, a ban on vegetables is causing crippling stomach-ache across the empire. But will the emperor relent?
The Mad Monk
The Mad Monk lives a lonely life, and his only vice is Battenburg cake. One day, the cake is stolen, and his world falls into chaos…
Boskenna's Ghost
A retired army officer buys a farm after the previous owner is murdered. But he soon finds that the farm’s real master is still very much at large…
The Box
A family find a strange box on the beach. One by one they sneak off to open it – but everyone finds something different inside.
The World's Fattest Ballerina
Fat stripper Belle longs to be a real ballerina. Her chance arrives suddenly in the shape of handsome dancer Sergei, but tragedy lurks in the wings…
ASBO Jack And The Beanstalk Without Any Planning Permission
Dodgy Jack gets a bag of magic beans. He breaks into the giant’s house and eats all the posh chocolate, so the giant applies for an ASBO.
The Truth About Me And Fat Dick
Dick Whittington’s cat spills the beans about their business partnership. The cat does business in the backroom while Fat Dick does lunch.
Sins
An IT consultant goes to a job interview, and realises his prospective boss is Satan. A tale for everyone who’s had the job interview from hell.
Wings
A man with an unscratchable itch on his back finds he is unexpectedly growing wings. Have heavenly HR made an almighty error?
Mr Perkin’s Passion
Elderly, marrow-growing bachelor, Percy Perkins, falls in love with Mrs Stoat, a cake-baking widow. A romance between two unlikely candidates.
Vic the Vegan Vampire
Vic the Vegan Vampire has fallen off the wagon and slain a load of posh women. Can he ever look himself in the mirror again?
The Robin
In a cold Victorian mansion, the master of the house speaks to a robin that appears on the lawn. But as midwinter falls, a strange change comes over the bird. A Christmas/Winter solstice story.
Short Circuit
Written for a radio program for Soundart in Devon, for a theme of 'Sparks'. An electrical engineer is imprisoned for angering a dictator, but it is his captors misunderstanding of the power-currents that undo them.
Short Stories:
The Wicker Husband
The ugly girl asks the basket-maker to make her a husband. But when the wicker husband is finished, the rest of the village get jealous. A traditional but completely original folk tale. Available on East of the Web in English and on this blog in Viet.
Vusi Makusi
A hopeless optimist, Vusi Maki refuses to give up on anything. Even when the bus home from his village is 20 years late, he's still by the roadside. Available on East of the Web in English and on this blog in Viet, Russian and Arabic. Available on Kindle here
The Time-Sweepers
The time-sweepers sweep up all the time that everyone else has lost and wasted, then they recycle it. Available on East of the Web in English and on this blog in Hungarian and Arabic.
The Ghost Tiger
Colonel Chumley-Smythe vows to bag the famous ghost tiger of the Western Ghats. A quirky, romantic story set in India. Available for Kindle here.
Available on Request:
The Great Brassicstein Cabbage Disaster
The Emperor falls out with the cabbage-growing nation of Brassicstein. Years later, a ban on vegetables is causing crippling stomach-ache across the empire. But will the emperor relent?
The Mad Monk
The Mad Monk lives a lonely life, and his only vice is Battenburg cake. One day, the cake is stolen, and his world falls into chaos…
Boskenna's Ghost
A retired army officer buys a farm after the previous owner is murdered. But he soon finds that the farm’s real master is still very much at large…
The Box
A family find a strange box on the beach. One by one they sneak off to open it – but everyone finds something different inside.
The World's Fattest Ballerina
Fat stripper Belle longs to be a real ballerina. Her chance arrives suddenly in the shape of handsome dancer Sergei, but tragedy lurks in the wings…
ASBO Jack And The Beanstalk Without Any Planning Permission
Dodgy Jack gets a bag of magic beans. He breaks into the giant’s house and eats all the posh chocolate, so the giant applies for an ASBO.
The Truth About Me And Fat Dick
Dick Whittington’s cat spills the beans about their business partnership. The cat does business in the backroom while Fat Dick does lunch.
Sins
An IT consultant goes to a job interview, and realises his prospective boss is Satan. A tale for everyone who’s had the job interview from hell.
Wings
A man with an unscratchable itch on his back finds he is unexpectedly growing wings. Have heavenly HR made an almighty error?
Mr Perkin’s Passion
Elderly, marrow-growing bachelor, Percy Perkins, falls in love with Mrs Stoat, a cake-baking widow. A romance between two unlikely candidates.
Vic the Vegan Vampire
Vic the Vegan Vampire has fallen off the wagon and slain a load of posh women. Can he ever look himself in the mirror again?
The Robin
In a cold Victorian mansion, the master of the house speaks to a robin that appears on the lawn. But as midwinter falls, a strange change comes over the bird. A Christmas/Winter solstice story.
Short Circuit
Written for a radio program for Soundart in Devon, for a theme of 'Sparks'. An electrical engineer is imprisoned for angering a dictator, but it is his captors misunderstanding of the power-currents that undo them.
Miscellany
I
have also created several pieces of site-specific writing and
installations, at various festivals, and have been known to dabble in
fridge-poetry.
