Publications & writing projects

2026 Short story Keel, winner of the Impsired Soundwaves writing competition, part of the Swell festival, Portrush

2026 ‘Whose history is it anyway?’ non-fiction essay published by Nutmeg Magazine

2026 PhD in Film and Media, University of Stirling, Sports documentaries, gender, class and emotion: An autoethnography

2026 The East Light, writer, producer, presenter, lyrical documentary for BBC Radio 4 Illuminated series

2025 ‘Lady Florence Dixie’ in Women Who Dared, non-fiction essay published by Edinburgh University Press

2025 ‘From pitch to screen: purpleTV’s documentary films on women in Scottish football’for the edited collection, A History of the Growth and Development of Women’s Football in Britain and Ireland between 1845 and 1990, published by Peter Lang (2024)

2024 Hold Still Skeins, stories by women Shory story collection published by Linen Press

2024 Love at first sight: the day women’s football stole my heart; creative non-fiction essay, ‘A history of Scottish women’s football in essay, prose and poetry’ published by Tippermuir Books

2024 She Said Aye short story, published in Scottish Federation of Writers Annual Anthology, 2024

2024 Nominated Best Sport Documentary, Cold War Hockey (writer, producer, director) 

2023 Writer / Producer / Director Cold War Hockey BBC documentary

2023 Author event “Writer Character in Fiction” Margot McCuaig and Susan Clegg (online)

2022 Writer / Producer / Director Julie Fleeting BBC documentary

2022 Writer / Producer / Director Sadie Smith BBC documentary

2021 Opinion piece, published Sunday Post ‘Hope Springs Eternal’

2021 Almost Then novel published by Linen Press (online launch due to covid restrictions)

2021 Almost Then chapter published by Sunday Post, editorial interview with Margot McCuaig

2021 Writer / Producer / Director Iron Women BBC documentary

2021 Royal Television Society Scotland, Best Sport Documentary, The Women Who Built Glasgow City (writer, producer, director)

2020 Writer / Producer / Director The Women Who Built Glasgow City BBC documentary

2019 Writer appearance, Govanhill Book Festival

2019 Writer / Producer / Director Elena Baltacha BBC documentary

2019 Writer / Producer / Director Rose Reilly BBC documentary

2019 Royal Television Society Scotland, winner Best Sport Documentary, Tommy Burns (writer, producer, director)

2019 Writer / Producer / Director Tommy Burns BBC documentary

2018 Shortlist, Mslexia Women’s Fiction Awards Short Story Competition

2018 Top 40 short story finalist, Women and Words Prose competition

2018 Chair, Bernie McGill book event, Rathlin Island Maritime Festival

2018 Author appearance, Byres Road Book Festival

2018 Writer / Producer / Director Steelmen BBC documentary

2018 Writer / Producer / Director Third Lanark BBC documentary

2018 Finalist Glasgow Women’s Library Bold Types short story: F’s Fir Fingers

2017 Writer / Producer / Director Tannadice ‘87 BBC documentary

2016 Article published by The Dangerous Women Project Lady Florence Dixie and the dangerous women of Scottish women’s football

2016 Writer / Producer / Director Jimmy Johnstone BBC documentary

2016 Writer / Producer / Director Famous Five BBC documentary

2016 Royal Television Society Scotland, winner Best Sport Documentary, Jim Baxter (writer, producer, director)

2015 The Birds That Never Flew, debut novel published by ThunderPoint Publishing (2nd edition)

2015 Royal Television Society Scotland, winner Best Sport Documentary, Jock Stein (writer, producer, director)

2015 Writer / Producer / Director Jim Baxter BBC documentary

2014 Longlisted, The Birds That Never Flew, Polari First Book Prize

2014 Writer / Producer / Director Tartan Pride, BBC documentary 

2014 Writer / Producer / Director Jock Stein, RTS Award winning BBC documentary

2014 Published article Documentary Writing different from Fiction? Women Writers Women’s Books 

2014 Paragraph Planet various published flash fiction contributions

2013 Published “Noctilucent Clouds” short story In on the Tide, Appletree Press 

2013 The Birds That Never Flew, published by ThunderPoint Publishing (1st edition)

2013 Paragraph Planet various published flash fiction contributions

2013 Writer / Producer / Director Honeyballers, BBC documentary 

2013 Writer / Producer / Director Gothenburg ’83 RTS nominated Writer / Producer / Director

2012 Executive Producer Rockettes BBC documentary 

2012 The Dandelion Clock  (working title of The Birds That Never Flew) excerpt, published by Dundee International Book Prize

2012 Shortlisted The Dandelion Clock  (working title of The Birds That Never Flew) Dundee International Book Prize

2013 Longlisted The Dandelion Clock  (working title of The Birds That Never Flew) Mslexia Novel competition

2012 Writer / Series Producer Bainnsean (Weddings) BBC documentary series

2011 Writer  Series Producer Caman, BBC documentary series 

2011 Writer / Series Producer Glasgow City FC, BBC documentary series 

2010 Writer / Series Producer Scotland is Dancing BBC documentary series 

2010 Writer / Series Producer Scotland is Dancing LIVE BBC documentary 

2008 Writer / Producer / Director Seven Past Niven, Setanta documentary 

2008 Writer / Producer / Director Lost Bhoy, Setanta documentary 

2008 Writer / Producer / Director The View from Paradise Setanta documentary 

2008 Writer / Producer / Director / Presenter Dermot Desmond Setanta documentary

2007 Writer / Producer / Director / Presenter A Billy and a Tim, Setanta documentary featuring Billy Connolly

2007 Writer / Producer / Director, Setanta documentary series featuring Brian McClair, Roy Aitken, Des Dillon, David Potter, Tom Campbell and Peter Grant 

2007 Writer / Producer / Director Evergreen Setanta documentary

2007 Writer / Producer / Director Birthday Bhoys Setanta documentary

2006 Writer The Official History of Celtic Football Club, history documentary (DVD release)

2006 Writer A Bhoy’s Life (DVD), history documentary, narrated by Billy Connolly

2006-12 Journalist, The Herald, various contributions

2006-12 Journalist The Daily Record, various contributions

2003 Chapter published in The Road to Seville: The Official Story of Celtic’s UEFA Cup 2002/2003 Campaign by Paul Cuddihy