Publications

A selection of published personal essays and book reviews.

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Personal essays

Paper Grenades (forthcoming)

Tahoma Literary Review – Spring 2026
A daughter reckons with years of letters from her imprisoned father, using them to examine boundaries, manipulation, and the slow work of letting go.

Racing Airplanes

Roi Fainéant – November 2024
A childhood memory of racing scooters against departing planes becomes a reflection of longing, movement, and the instinct to chase what feels just out of reach.

Lush and Lost on Ponsonby Road

The Spinoff – July 2024
A former wine brand manager confronts her alcohol-fuelled past in Auckland and begins to rebuild a life beyond it.

Black Limousine

Reckon Review – April 2024
A daughter wrestles with her lifelong struggle to navigate the damage caused by her father’s addiction, manipulation, and wealth.

The Blue Side of Red (print only)

Folly Journal – November 2023
A woman navigates blurred boundaries with a male friend, using their physical closeness to examine desire, attachment, and the patterns she keeps repeating in love.

Pacific Standard Time

Headland – June 2023
A grandfather clock is used to explore a troubled father-daughter relationship.

Woman in Training

Turbine | Kapohau – December 2022
Self-acceptance, body image, and cultural norms are explored through the experience of buying a luxurious set of lingerie.

Book reviews