is a writer, editor, and book designer. He has edited prize winning and long listed memoir and creative nonfiction1; written copy and designed for literary magazines and award winning legacy titles2; and published short fiction in both English and Scots.
1. EVENT Magazine, PRISM International, CBC Nonfiction Prize, The New York Times, Eavesdrop Magazine.
2. Canadian Business, Chatelaine, FASHION, FLARE, Maclean’s, MinK, Raconteur Literary Magazine, TEACH Magazine.
He was also a finalist in NYC Midnight’s 2018 Short Story Competition and award-winning cannon fodder in Toronto as a playwright. He holds an MSc in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh and a GradCert in Publishing from Centennial College.
Originally from the UK, he now lives in the Ottawa Valley where he makes music, hosts workshops, moderates author events, and learns as much as he teaches.
“There's still a boat in New Bonaventure.”Paddler Press: Canada, Vol. 14. (2025)
“Tasmanian Devil.”Lallans, 93. (Yuil, 2018)
The Peculiar. “For X”. (2017)
“Three Aisles.”From Arthur's Seat, Vol. II (2017)
The Peculiar. “The Peculiar”. (2015)
“The Irish, Hysteria, & Guy Fawkes: The Fenian Demonstration of Guy Fawkes Night 1864 and Upper Canada.” Garm Lu. (2015)
1. EVENT Magazine, PRISM International, CBC Nonfiction Prize, The New York Times, Eavesdrop Magazine.
2. Canadian Business, Chatelaine, FASHION, FLARE, Maclean’s, MinK, Raconteur Literary Magazine, TEACH Magazine.
“There's still a boat in New Bonaventure.”Paddler Press: Canada, Vol. 14. (2025)
“Tasmanian Devil.”Lallans, 93. (Yuil, 2018)
The Peculiar. “For X”. (2017)
“Three Aisles.”From Arthur's Seat, Vol. II (2017)
The Peculiar. “The Peculiar”. (2015)
“The Irish, Hysteria, & Guy Fawkes: The Fenian Demonstration of Guy Fawkes Night 1864 and Upper Canada.” Garm Lu. (2015)