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• Writing Award from Argyll & Bute Council.

• Mslexia- two poems shortlisted for the annual competition judged by Ruth Padel in June 2009.

• PK Poetry Award Nomination: from Red Squirrel Press, August 2011.
   

• Filmpoem collaboration: titled Mothlight・with filmmaker Alastair Cook, November 2011.

• Dark & Horror: The Sinister Poetry Award Winner for 'The Spell', October 2012.
   

• Write Queer London 2012: Shortlisted for the award.
   

• Museum of St. Andrews/StAnza Competition: my winning poem Pucara Bull・is displayed next to the artifact in the Museum of St. Andrews.
   

• Lancelot Andrewes Award 2012- Journeys through Fire: Shortlisted for the award by current poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
   

• Filmpoem collaboration: titled On Meeting a Fox・with filmmaker Iwona Jankowska, June 2013 screened at Dunbar Filmpoem Festival, August 2013.
   

• The Written Image: Poets and Printmakers collaboration, selected by the Scottish Poetry Library, worked with Catherine Sergeant on a piece 'Angel of The Pier', Summer 2013.
   

• On Meeting a Fox・was officially selected for screening at The Visible Verse Festival, Canada October 2013.
   

• StAnza Digital Slam: Shortlisted for the award, and received third prize 2013.
   

• Video Interview at Neu Reekie filmed by Summerhall T.V: January 2014.
   

• For Books' Sake Article '10 Reasons to Love Janette Ayachi': May 2014.
   

• Auld Enemies Tour:  Collaboration with Rob A Mackenzie - 'Everything Is Diminished Without You In It' performed at Summerhall, July 2014.
   

• Winner of The Young Enigma Awards for emerging LGBT Writers- The Barbara Burford Prize, Manchester 2014.
   

• Photoshoot for The Herald on Sunday- New Scottish Voices: October 2014.
   

• StAnza Poetry Festival, St Andrews, poetry performance with a music ensemble, the Viridian Quartet: March 2015.
   

• An Evening with Paul Henry and Janette Ayachi, Regional voice Theatre, Birmingham: March 2015.
   

• Anywhere But The Cities: joined The Neu Reekie Tour: performance in Whisky Distillery, Aberfeldy, July 2015.
   

• Winner of Digital Poet in Residence with The Poetry School, London, August 2015.
   

• Edinburgh International Book Festival reading and signing, August 2015.
   

• Reading @ The Arts Complex, Shapes That Shift Desire, October 2015.
   

• The Skinny 10th Birthday Party, poetry reading at The Mash House: Edinburgh, October 2015.
   

• Filmpoem selected and being screened at The Gather Film Festival, Edinburgh University, February 2016.

• Collaboration, Commission and Performance for StAnza: St Andrews, March 2016.

• Performance for Neu Reekie at The School of Art: Glasgow, March 2016.
   

• Live Reading on  BBC Radio Scotland, talking to Janice Forsyth on the Culture Show, June 2016.
   

• 'Moonshine Wars': Reading at Otherworld Bookshop for an ESBAT Collective Launch, August 6th 2016.
   

• Edinburgh International Book Festival Reading, Garden Theatre,18th August 2016.

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  Commissioned poem 'Sauchiehall Street' for Scotia Extremis'.
   

• Second Space Reading @ The Safari Lounge, hosted by Nick-e Melville,  27th August 2016.

• Sketchy Beats Special Guest, Leith, 20th September 2016.
   

• Reading @ The Mousetrap for Girl Crush *2, 22nd September 2016.
   

• Reading @ Serenity Cafe LGBT Awareness, 23rd September 2016.
   

• Old Town Bookshop Reading, 'Underground City', hosted by MacGillivray, 28th September 2016.
   

• Book Week Reading @ The Melting Pot, 25th November 2016.
   

• Live on Janice Forsyth Culture Show BBC Radio Scotland, reviewing Carrie Fisher's Memoir, Glasgow Panto and Edinburgh Culture, 29th November 2016.
   

• Winter Concert, Reading from children's book 'The Mermaid, The Girl and The Gondola', 10th December 2016.
   

• Headlining Sonnet Youth, Drygate Brewery Glasgow, 21st December 2016.
   

• Edinburgh Hogmanay Lowlands tribute to Sorley Maclean reading Edwin Morgan @ The Roxy Theatre, Neu Reekie programme, 1st January 2017.
   

• Against Xenophobia: One Night Without Us, reading @The Fruitmarket Gallery, February 2017.
   

• StAnza Reading, Town Hall St. Andrews, 2nd March 2017.
   

• International Women's Day performance, 8th March Glasgow 2017.
   

• BBC Radio Scotland: Live on Janice Forsyth Show reviewing Goldfrapp's new album, and pilots of shows 'The Good Fight' and 'Decline and Fall'.
   

• 'Presence and Absence' collaboration with artist Anneli Holmstrom for her solo show @Summerhall, May 2017.
   

• Sofar Sounds, Edinburgh - Scottish Poetry Library recorded live performance, September 2017.
   

• Conversations On A Bench, Overtone Productions radio documentary programme poetry commission for BBC Radio 4, October 2017 – release date November 2017.
   

• Burns Supper reading: Prep Table, Greyfriars, January 2018.

• Sofar Sounds, Live Recording, Beetroot Sauvage, 26th August, Edinburgh 2018.

• ‘Silvana’ (Director: Olivia Kastebring) Reading after Screening @The Filmhouse, Take One Action Film Festival Event, September 14th 2018.

• Performing for vaRIOTy }LGBT History Month, Fruitmarket Gallery, February 15th 2019.

• Performing for Loud Poets, Scottish Storytelling Centre, February 15th 2019.

• Feminist Art Show, Performance, Glasgow Art School, March 1st 2019.

• Scottish & Irish Poets On Tour, Performance at Scottish Poetry Library, March 13th 2019.

• Dublin UNESCO St Patrick's Festival, Performance, Temple Bar Dublin, March 18th 2019.

• Guest Support to Imogen Stirling’s Book Launch, Inn Deep Glasgow, March 26th.

• BBC Radio Scotland, Live on The Afternoon Show, reviewing Matilda @The Playhouse, Jeff Kinney's new book and The Edinburgh Science Festival, April 2019.

• Filming with BBC Scotland for new television Arts Show Loop, April 10th 2019 ‘Find The Right Words’ featured in Episode One.

• Book Launch Hand Over Mouth Music Liverpool Arts Library, Pavilion, Liverpool University Press, May 1st 2019.

• Poem selected for The Scotsman (Books Pages) Saturday 15th June 2019.

• Book Launch Hand Over Mouth Music, Scottish Poetry Library, June 2019.

• Edinburgh International Book Festival, Motherhood, reading poetry with Clare Pollard and Liz Berry, August 16th 2019.

• Vespers, event reading at the Scottish Poetry Library, September 2019.

• ‘The Writer’s Shift’ residency at The Fruitmarket with Tom Pow, Iain Morrison, Callie Gardner and Jane Goldman - 10 months working with archives and collaboration 2019-2020.

• Book Week Scotland, reading at a residency event with The Fruitmarket Art Gallery, November 2019.

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• Hand Over Mouth Music  (Pavilion) winner of  The Saltire Poetry Book of the Year Award 2019**

• Live BBC radio appearance; Saltire Award chat, The Afternoon Show, 3rd December 2019.

• Live BBC radio appearance; favourite classic Christmas book reviews, The Afternoon Show, 18th December 2019.

• Guest appearance on live spoken word album produced by Leyla Josephine, 22nd January 2020, Glasgow.

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• WENCH: International Women's Day, poetry reading with Iona Lee and others, The Waverly; March 8th 2020.

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• Panel Discussion, w/ agent Jenny Brown and editor Robbie Guillory at The Mitchell Library, Glasgow Ayewrite Festival, 20th March 2020.

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• The Writer's Shift event, The Fruitmarket Art Gallery, 31st March 2020.

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• Coasts and Cocktails; Edinburgh International Science Festival Poetry Reading with Michael Pederson, April 8th 2020.

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• BEST Scottish Poems 2019 Anthology features 'New Mother' in The Scottish Poetry Library collection, May 2020.

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• Art Collaboration (New Normal commissions) with visual artist Anneli Holmstrom, installed at Black Box Galleries, Vaasa, Finland, August 6th-21st 2020.

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• BBC Scotland Television, The Edinburgh Show, interview & reading, 8.30pm, 13th August 2020 (bbc iplayer for 28 days).

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• Queer Fringe Festival, online, August 30th 2020.

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• Edinburgh International Book Festival, panel discussion & reading online, August 31st 2020. 

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• Feature Poet - Poetry Asheville, North Carolina (online), September 9th 2020.  Watch.  

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•  BBC Television Show, Damian Barr’s The Big Scottish Book Club filming, October 6th 2020.

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•  The Beautiful Wave, Performance Art Tour Readings, The Shore, Edinburgh, 17th October 2020.

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• St. Mungo's Mirrorball, Glasgow, Guest Poet (online) 24th October 2020.

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• Neu Reekie Burns Night Special Film, headlined poet, Burns & Beyond Event,  January 26th 2021.

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• Paisley Book Festival virtual event reading with Selena Godden, February 26th 2021.

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• School’s Almost Out! Celebrate Pride! Educational Insitute of Scotland (EIS) virtual event, June 17th 2021.

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• BBC Radio Scotland Interview, Best Scottish Poems 2020 review as Guest Editor, July 2021 (Colin Waters spokesperson)

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• The Loud Poets, The Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26th August 2021.

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