Academic

University of Edinburgh, Futures Institute

University of Edinburgh


Teaching

EFIE11007 - Narratives of Digital Capitalism
EFIE11090 - Writing Speculative Fiction
EFIE11037 - Strategic Change Leadership for Creative Industries

Teaching at the University of Edinburgh

Academic Profile and Blog

University of Edinburgh, Academic Profile
Double Spaced, Research and the Craft of Creative Writing Blog


Academic Workshops

Spring Into Research Methods Workshop, April 22 2025
Liminal spaces: emotional engagement with nebulous places in creative writing
Edinburgh Future’s Institute, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Funded through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences (SGSSS)

 Academic Publications

Fungal Horror. Edited collection forthcoming from University of Wales Press.
Co-edited by Sam Le Butt and Lexie Angelo.

Invited Speaker

  • 17th Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Halifax, NS
  • National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) Conference 2024
  • Bloody Scotland, Pitch Perfect, Stirling, Scotland
  • MOTIVE Crime Writing Festival, Toronto, Canada
  • Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference, London, England

Organiser

  • Very Much Alive Anthology Launch, The Selkie Publications CIC, 2021

Participant

  • Digital Research Conference, January 29, 2025 John McIntyre Conference Centre, The University of Edinburgh
  • Gotham Writer's Conference New York, USA
  • Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Toronto, Canada
  • Society of Young Publishers Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Bloody Scotland, Crime Writer's Conference, Stirling, Scotland
  • Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • University of Edinburgh Book Publishing Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Man Booker 50 Conference, London, England
  • Manchester Metropolitan University Writing Fair, Manchester, England

Papers delivered

  • Writing a postcolonial space without its people: A study of Louise Penny's A Better Man July 2023, Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference London  
  • When the flood strikes: Ecological crisis and the garrison mentality in Louise Penny's A Better Man, August 2024, IGA Conference Halifax
  • Liminal spaces: emotional engagement with nebulous places in creative writing, Nov 2024, NAWE Conference