A selection of my writing and editing clients and publications
Articles
It’s English, not Latin! 8 ways to make academic writing clear and authoritative using plain English
Blog article commissioned by Capstone Editing
Lucid, engaging content for your platform?
Memoir commissioned by Sotto
What it’s like: being a travelling poet
Literary lifestyle article commissioned by Scissors Paper Pen
Jackson on Daoism and the poetry of Randolph Stow, Judith Wright and Ursula K. Le Guin
Essay for The High Window
4 weeks in the ghost house: writing in residence at Mattie Furphy House
In-the-moment commentary
A dream achieved: no more ‘things to do’
Lifestyle article
Editing
Poetry book edited
Successful application edited
Poetry book edited
Capstone Editing
Senior Editor 2022–2023
Novel editing, non-fiction editing, academic book editing, thesis editing, dissertation editing, article editing, report editing, corporate newsletter editing, promotion application editing, job application editing and more
My award-winning PhD thesis
Winner of University Research Medal + 2 other awards
My books
Reviews
Review of the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness by Marcella Polain
Commissioned by Westerly
Review of Who Comes Calling? by Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Commissioned by Westerly
Review of Acanthus by Claire Potter
Commissioned by Westerly
Jackson reviews Against Certain Capture by Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Commissioned by Mascara Literary Review
Revelling in the possibilities of language: Jackson reviews Listening to Frost by Jan Napier
Commissioned by Rochford Street Review
Deft, left and definitely def: Ben Mellor’s Anthropoetry at FringeWorld
The promoter invited me to review the show on my blog Raw Text
Poems
Winner, Ros Spencer Poetry Prize
Nominated for Best of the Net Anthology
Published as a poster by Ōtepoti Dunedin City of Literature & NZ Society of Authors
Published in blackmail press
“That terrible voice” and 2 more
Published in Turbine | Kapohau
Published in Westerly
Bibliography
My writing that is published elsewhere
2025 publications (so far)
List of 2025 publications with links. Review, poems. Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook. Westerly. Blackmail Press. Turbine | Kapohau. Tarot. Ōtepoti Dunedin City of Literature. Voices from the Barn. Wild Whispers. Light on Dunedin Lines.
Read more2024 publications
List of 2024 publications with links. Reviews, poems. Westerly. Turbine | Kapohau. takahē. Tarot. A fine line. Fast Fibres. Creatrix.
Read more2023 publications
List of 2023 publications with links. Review, poems. Westerly. Cuttlefish: Western Australian Poets. Fast Fibres Poetry 10.
Read more2022 publications
List of 2022 publications with links. Article, reviews, poems. Westerly, Rochford Street Review, Tempus anthology, The Canberra Times, London Grip, foam:e, Meniscus, Quartet
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More of my writing
My writing that is collected on this site
A portion of earth
Birds give it / to the forest floor / Cows let it fertilise next year’s grass …
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Mini-review: Christine della Vedova’s poetry zine “Your Body”
The ten poems in “Your Body” showcase the potential of poet and storyteller Christine Della Vedova to make a substantial original contribution to Western Australian ecofeminist literature. Grounded in both fairy tales and real-life experience, they explore the pains and joys of …
ReadThe past simple
Gillian has died, said my father’s voice in my ear. // That can’t be right. If she’s dead—gone—not here— / there is no Gillian, so how can she have died? Gillian / died. I’ll use the past simple. It’s simple. / She was here. Now she’s not. But who / died? …
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