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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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News...
News, events, publications >>>
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'.
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.
