I have taught various forms of creative writing for fifteen years. I helped to found Red Room Poetry’s schools education program, and have collaborated with the NGV and Dax Centre to deliver ekphrasis workshops to secondary school students. I have given public workshops for Writers Victoria online and in regional Victoria, and also during residencies overseas in Canada and Ireland.

I’ve lectured, tutored and supervised poetry, nonfiction, creative research and practice methods in numerous Australian universities, the highlight being an awarded Senior Lecturer for the past decade at RMIT Melbourne – one of Australia’s foremost creative writing and publishing programs. From this experience I’ve undertaken peer-reviewed research and published scholarly articles on creative writing pedagogy; the theory and practice of teaching writing in Australia.

I hold a BCA Hons - Creative Writing (UoW), a PhD - Arts (USyd) and a Grad. Cert. - Psychology (JCU).

I am an Honorary Fellow of RMIT University and a mentor in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Young Achievers Program.

I am currently studying Psychology and am a Member of the APS. During 2025 I will be offering some writing groups that integrate Narrative Therapy and Bibliotherapy techniques. Get in touch if you would like to hear more about this in future.