I am actively looking for non-fiction work that appeals to broad audiences. I am drawn to work that helps us understand ourselves, equipping readers with knowledge about the bodies we exist in, the contexts we come from, and the world we live in.

• Platform-led and brand tie-in (including illustrated and gift), and pop culture.
• Health and psychology: practical-led health and wellbeing; sex, sexuality and relationships; popular psychology. Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski and How To Know A Person by David Brooks are some favourites in this area.
• History: I’m interested in (primarily) modern history and finding new ways of telling histories by amplifying forgotten stories and voices, finding inventive structures, or something else entirely. Good examples are We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole, The Holocaust: An Unfinished History by Dan Stone, and anything by Philippe Sands.
• Feminism: Work across genres with intersectional and inclusive feminist approaches – whether cultural commentary, art, philosophy or something else. I adored The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates, Love In Exile by Shon Faye, The Chain by Chimene Suleyman, and work by thinkers such as Maggie Nelson, Roxane Gay and Lauren Elkin.

I am also actively looking for literary fiction submissions. I look for propulsive plots, lyrical and witty writing, and nuanced interrogations of social, political and historical themes. I am currently searching for:

• Ambitious, sweeping novels that propel the reader through space and time – I recently loved Flashlight by Susan Choi  and Confessions by Catherine Airey.
• Page-turning novels which use particular moments of history as their backdrops, such as In Memoriam by Alice Winn and Trespasses by Louise Kennedy.
• Family sagas and novels that deconstruct relationships of all kinds, e.g The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, or Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo.
• Contemporary stories with questions related to identity at their heart – like Michael Magee’s Close To Home or Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar.
• Stories exploring themes of womanhood, arts and literature, translation and language, masculinity. And I have a weakness for an academic setting!