Writing Residency 

Between April and June 2025, I completed a writing residency at The Open Bakery, Kemptown. I was lucky to be able to go behind the scenes and interview staff about their roles and passion for their work, and created some ’bite-sized poetry’, based on some of their delicious products. See below for Tales from the Bakery.

Bite-size Poems

Early Morning Ritual

Meet Airam, Head Patissière

Meet Csaba, Head Baker

Meet Bethan, General Manger

Meet Jo, Jo’s Kitchen and the Macarons


Ongoing Projects
I am working on personal narratives and poetry that tells stories of relationships, memories, dreams and consciousness through food.

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