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Making sense of things through books and writing. ​

Welcome

I'm a writer, counsellor, marketer, list-maker, and PhD student from Manchester, UK. My PhD is exploring the therapeutic benefits of reading and writing (autobiography) in addiction recovery, and I am creatively interested in blurring the lines between horror, fiction, memoir, and mental health. 

I am in the process of rejigging this site, but feel free to have a read of the news below, work updates, or the ol' blog posts.

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Get in touch by email: thebetterwithbooksclub@gmail.com

Or you can find me on Instagram and Threads: @thebetterwithbooksclub or on Bluesky.

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Horror Studies Award

Amazing time at Horror Studies Now 2025 where I received the Peter Hutchings Award for Outstanding Contribution to Horror Studies at Northumbria University for my paper: 'Survival and Recovery: addiction and the therapeutic potential of horror writing.' Read more...

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Wild Ink release

I've a new short story in the Wild Ink anthology 'Tenpenny Dreadfuls: Tales as Hard as Nails'.

The book is out now and is packed with stories to make your 'heart run hot and blood run cold'.

Full details here

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Best Small Fictions 2025

My story 'Trespasser, Singular' has been selected for the Best Small Fictions 2025 anthology to be published by Alternating Current Press. This story began on a long coach journey in 2014, and landed on Trash Cat Lit some 11 years later.

Read more...

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