I’m a writer of Prose and Poetry, A video and audio
Editor with experience in graphic & web design. I’m a
Published Poet, Facilitator and Spoken Word Artist. A
freelance Online Content Creator as well as the Founder & MD of VerseFirst poetry
productions & the Host and Producer of the VerseFirst poetry podcast. I’m an award-winning BBC
Commissioned Poetry Filmmaker & Co-Voiced the ‘Write Brummie’ Project for BBC Radio 4.
Projects
- 5000HURTSThe Debut Chapbook, published by Burning Eye Books in 2019, 5000 HURTS is an exploration of the myriad ways we experience and inflict hidden trauma. Using the 5Khz median frequency of Tinnitus as a jumping off point Adrian plays with familiar poetic forms and generates new ones to capture characters, moments and narratives wherein that hidden hurt surfaces. 5000 HURTS is a book that knows how terrible we can be to ourselves, and to each other. and hopes by recognizing the harm we cause we can b
- Why Poetry? PodcastVerseFirst’s Flagship Podcast. Why Poetry? Dedicated to exploring questions of Poetics, the socio-politics of poetry & how poems end up in the forms and places they do. Interview lead audio essays, hosted and produced by ThinkWriteFly featuring a growing selection of the most vibrant and talented voices in UK poetry, Criticism and Academia.
- Alone TogetherA VerseFirst Production. Intimate Slow Radio Shorts, showcasing poetry performance and the thoughts behind the verse. We gather together in Coffee shops, Pub back rooms, Theater spaces art galleries sometimes even living rooms to speak verse to listening ears. It's what we live for, we wordsmiths. We find ourselves in the undulating gaze of an audience, validate our art on the mics and stages of venues as much as we do the Pages of books and magazines. The stages are quiet now. We find ourse
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Work history
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Media Maker & FaclilitatorThinkWriteFly Creative
Birmingham, United KingdomFreelance
Writing & Performing poetry, alongside filmmaking and creative copy on commission. Touring my work & facilitating creative writing workshops for intermediate to experienced poets. ThinkWriteFly is the umbrella brand for any
contract work I undertake not directly related to a project I’m managing and the brand under which I was Commissioned to make BoyShapedSpace for BBC New Creatives and vocal performance for Write Brummie on BBC Radio 4.
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Publishing ManagerPoetry Birmingham Literary Journal
- Birmingham, United KingdomPart Time
PBLJ is Birmingham’s 1st International Poetry Magazine. My role is Taking each issue from an edited manuscript to the finished volume on sale to the public. InDesign typesetting to social media Managing topped off with digital marketing campaigns, and digital content creation to generate sales and bring the project to financial viability. Now published by Pallina Press, the magazine is on its Fifth issue.
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Skills
- Creative Writing
- Creative Workshops
- Audio Editing
- Video Editing
- Performance Poetry
- Writing Poetry
- Voice Artist
- Filmmaking
- Direction
- Creative Production
Education
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Master of Arts in Creative WritingBirmingham City University
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
I aimed to push the boundaries of my creative practice, develop my poetic in a hothouse of talent and theory and get something out into the world. I wrote
everything from sitcom scripts to short stories but returned to my core form to publish my first poetry chapbook. 5000HURTS published in 2019, I graduated with a Merit in 2020.
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BA(Hons) English and Drama 2:1Birmingham City University
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
Three years of writing & directing every assignment. It’s how I fell in love with work off stage, backstage & the logistics of storytelling. By graduation, I had developed project management, filmmaking skills via documentary making & workshop leading experience.
Awards
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Best Poetry FilmNewlyn PZ international Film Festival
For BBC New Creatives Commission Boyshapedspace.
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Official SelectionZebra Poetry Film Festival
For BBC New Creatives Commission: Boyshapedspace
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