What is your current profession? How do you juggle your work and your writing?
I was a teacher, but now I write. I find early mornings best, and write for up to three hours.

With which person, living or dead, would you most like to have a conversation?
Emily Dickinson. If she’d deign to come out of her room.

What is the most compelling lesson you have learned thus far from the Covid-19 pandemic?
A reminder that lack of distraction, quiet and solitude are blissful . They can be self-generated after Covid.

Which poets are you currently reading or who inspire you?

• Louise Gluck
• Wislawa Szymborska
• Les Murray

What writing project are you currently working on and where can we go to see some new work?
I’m currently completing my second novel. After that I hope to post new poems on my website.