Scottish Slam Zoom Qualifier, 02/01/2021 Open Competition: ‘Poetry Slams’, ‘Held to Account’
Tinsel Tales 2020, Federation of Writers, Scotland. Online, 17/12/20 Open mic: ‘Why stop the clocks?’, ‘Make Me Worthy’, ‘Wrong-handed’, ‘The Devil Slakes His Thirst’
Any Woman, Anywhere Poetry Evening, Zero Tolerance Scotland, Summerhall, 19/03/2019 Open mic: ‘Skin Tight’, ‘An Illegitimate Grief’, ‘How to be a feminist poet’, ‘This Fear’
Unforgotten, Woodland Creatures, Edinburgh, 7/11/2018 Invited, headliner ‘In Memorium’, ‘Sold Out Son’, ‘I can’t get started today’, ‘Beyond’, ‘Magpie Tree’, ‘I saw a teacup fountain’, ‘Kinloss’
From the Horse’s Mouth, Royal Dick Bar, Edinburgh, 14/03/2018 Invited, headliner, ‘I’m in a wheelchair’, ‘Confusion’, ‘This Pain’, ‘Counting the Cost’, ‘Time of Your Life’, ‘On the Street Where I Live’, ‘Kitchen Goddess’, ‘Cotton Lavender’, ‘Not My Child’, ‘Sold Out Boy’, ‘The Devil Slakes his Thirst’, ‘Held to Account’. ‘The Humans are Coming’, ‘This Fear’, ‘Unmusic’
God Damn Debut Slam, The Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh 09/02/ 2018 Open competition, ‘Lesser than stone’
Wikipedia Slam, National Poetry Library, Edinburgh 16/2/2018 Open competition, ‘Unmusic’, ‘Philosophy of the World, reception’ both readings from Wikipedia
Breaking Down Barriers, EARN, Norton Park Conference Centre, Edinburgh, 10/02/2018 ‘Is your body wheelchair ready?’, ‘Ebb-tide’, ‘Mr Kurtzke’s scale’, ‘An unwanted shift’, ‘Rules to live by’, ‘Bravery’
Burns Night Slam, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 25/01/2018 Open competition, Reached final round ‘Lord Freud’, ‘This Scar’, ‘Mourning Colours’
Burns Night Slam, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 25/01/2017 Open competition, ‘I won’t stand for this’
Soapbox, Teviot Row, Edinburgh, 19/01/2017 Open mic, ‘I'm in a wheelchair’, ‘Make me worthy’
Inky Fingers: on the road, The Meadows, Edinburgh, 05/07/2016 Open mic, ‘Bravery’, ‘Skin Tight’, ‘Is your body wheelchair ready?’, ‘Dinosaur Love’
Poetry Circus Slam, Woodland Creatures, Edinburgh, 21/04/2016 Open Competition, Reached final round, ‘Bravery’, ‘How to transfer from a wheelchair to the toilet’, ‘One Last Fall’
Soapbox, Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Edinburgh, 24/03/2016 Open mic, ‘How to be a feminist poet’, ‘Rules to live by’
Blind Poetics, The Blind Pig, Edinburgh, 14/03/2016 Open mic, ‘I am not normal’, ‘Waiting for Death’, ‘How to be a feminist poet’, ‘Make it accessible’, ‘The Devil Slakes His Thirst’
10Red, The Persevere, Edinburgh, 9/3/2016 Invited, ‘Make it Accessible’, ‘How to be a feminist poet’, ‘Ebb-tide’, ‘an unwanted shift’, ‘mri scan’, ‘I am not normal’, ‘Cotton Lavender’, ‘Don't Look Away’, ‘This Scar’, ‘The Devil Slakes his Thirst’, ‘I've got fish issues’
Edinburgh City of Literature Story Shop 2015, Edinburgh International Book, 25/08/2015 Competitive, 'McGinty's Cat'
Freak Circus Showcase, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 4/11/2015 Invited, ‘Confusion: Theoretical Disorientation’
Blind Poetics Big Night of the Spoken Word, The Blind Pig, Edinburgh, 10/08/2015 Open mic, ‘Anxiety’, ‘Glasgow boys’, ‘I Saw a Teacup Fountain’
Blind Poetics, The Blind Pig, Edinburgh, 14/07/2015 Open mic, ‘This Scar’, ‘Ebb-Tide’, ‘On The Street Where I live’, ‘Time of Your Life’, ‘The Death of Lennon Lacy’
Inky Fingers, The Forest Café, Edinburgh, 02/06/2015 Open mic, ‘Rules to Live By’, ‘This Scar’, ‘The Death of Lennon Lacy’, ‘Time of Your Life’
Blind Poetics, The Blind Pig, Edinburgh, 11/05/2015 Open mic, ‘I Won't Stand For This’, ‘Held to Account’, ‘This Pain’
Mightier: A Political Poetry Night, Area C Coffee House, Edinburgh, 15/04/2015 Open mic, ‘I Won't Stand For This’, ‘Lord Freud’, ‘This Scar’
Blind Poetics Big Night of the Spoken Word, The Blind Pig, Edinburgh, 11/08/2014 Open mic, ‘Wake Up My Son’, ‘Waiting for Death’ ‘The Book of the Dead’
Portobello Poetry Circus, Dalriada, Edinburgh, 11/07/2014 Open mic, ‘Mourning Colours’, ‘This Fear’
Freedom: A Night of Poetry, The Counting House, Edinburgh, 16/05/2013 Open mic, ‘Mr Kurtske's Scale’, ‘Illegitimate Grief’, ‘Loving Julia (short story)’