Fresh Air and Empty Streets - a novella
Fifteen years after Alexander left his wife and young child to pursue the life of an artist in Paris, his son Felix is on his doorstep, looking for answers. On a journey through smoky jazz bars, artists’ studios and along the banks of the Seine, Felix meets the father he never knew, and in doing so, comes to question some lifelong assumptions.
CableWrites Column
A fortnightly creative column run between 2019-2021 for Riffs & Rhymes, a music blog based in Los Angeles.
Words in Print
A racing heart - Athleta Magazine edition 3
Locked down in Beer - Devon Life July 2020
Dive through - Athleta Magazine edition 3
I thought of Icarus - Athleta edition 4
bangers - Athleta edition 4
Exhibition – Beer in Lockdown
Between March-August 2020, I spent time in Beer in East Devon, interviewing local residents and business owners to get an impression of the seaside village during lockdown. From 18 interviews, I put together a poem of verbatim lines around the themes that emerged: togetherness, the unique nature of Beer, the friends they were missing, “things not being the same over Zoom”.
I got in touch with local artists to display work created during lockdown, and put together an exhibition of 9 works (painting, poetry, sketches and photography) in the Bomb Shelter, in Beer. Alongside the Beer poem, the exhibition featured celebrated local poets Sarah Acton (poet-in-residence for the Jurassic Coast), Rowland Molony (winner of the Bridport Prize in 2001) and John Torrance, painter Carolyn King, etchings by Paula Youens, photography by Sina Pape and Kyle Baker and an image by Beer CofE Primary School of their rainbow of handprints.
The exhibition was open for a week, received almost 600 visitors and was featured in an interview on BBC Radio Devon.
The work was then handed over to Beer Village Heritage and remains in the village.
Photography & Narrative Journalism
A collaboration with photographer Mark Green, documenting the incredible work Nishkam SWAT do to feed the homeless in central London through photography & narrative journalism. This piece won the Courageous Newcomer award at the Shorthand Awards 2018.
Travel Writing
Where the waters match the skies - Buccoo Reef, Tobago – Winner of the Telegraph Just Back competition for April 2019.
Walking Poetry Workshops
2-hour walking poetry workshops
organised on Hampstead Heath.
In August 2021, these were reviewed in
local newspaper Ham & High.
Read more about the walks here
I enjoyed its uniqueness! Oliver was a good guide and I liked how he structured the couple of hours spent in nature.
– Participant, Autumn 2021