Milli Dalton
Milli graduated in English Literature in 2021 and writes short stories and poetry for her blog in her spare time. She developed a love for reading and writing at a young age, making zines and tearing through every book she could get her hands on.
(Writer on Look, Hear – Discover Oxford Road)
Charlotte Henderickx
Charlotte kicked off her journey at Ghent University where she studied languages and literature. Having analysed storytelling for four years, she decided it was time to master the craft herself. She moved to Edinburgh to do an MA in Screenwriting at Screen Academy Scotland, where she learnt she mainly wanted to create narratives around mental health, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ issues, etc. Since then she has written and directed a number of short films, and a music video starring Lynn Ruth Miller, the world’s oldest comedian. Charlotte is excited to write for a different format and to work with the other female writers for us.
(Writer on Speak of the Devil)
Oli Hewson
At an early age Oli started writing race reports for his school’s sailing team and articles for parents’ newsletters. He went on to study Linguistics with Creative Writing at Bangor University where he became the editor of an award-winning politics page for Seren, the university’s student newspaper. Here he began filling notebooks with fervent scrawls, attempting to retain in memory the moments he lived hitchhiking around Britain and Europe. His writing often relies on surrealism to reframe normality and he is often inspired by characters he has met on his travels.
(Writer on Look, Hear – Discover Oxford Road & Lifespring stories)
Alanna MacNamee
Alanna began writing short stories during her undergraduate studies in English at Trinity College Dublin. Since then, she has worked mainly in creative and journalistic non-fiction, for which she has been published in Hot Press magazine, VICE UK and EVOKE.ie. She recently up-skilled by studying for an MA in Media and Broadcast Production. This helped her to further develop her writing skills as she learned about writing specifically for broadcast media, and audio in particular.
(Writer and Director on Spaces)
Gregory Minton-Branfoot
Greg is a new, Essex-based writer. His interest in the spoken-word format and its creative potential came from his love of radio at a young age, and later podcasts . For him, it’s intimacy with the listener, and engagement with their imagination is the key. Greg graduated with First Class Honours in Linguistics from Bangor University. His studies deepened his appreciation for the role of language, and its centrality to the human experience. His other interests include philosophy, history, and politics. Eager to develop his voice as a writer and improve his craft, Greg wants to work in different genres and experiment with style.
Calum Moore
Calum is a Glasgow-based Writer, Director and Theatre-Maker currently pursuing his Masters at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2018, he graduated from Stirling University with a First-Class Honours in English Studies (specialising in Creative Writing). Here, he wrote his first full length verse play – The King’s Child; a tale of jealousy, regret, meddling servants and far too many potential fathers. Artistically, he now seeks to explore the boundaries of verse drama, and, as such, his writing favours an emphasis on rhythm and lyrical word play. Most recently, he has thoroughly enjoyed being a writer with Scottish Youth Theatre’s 2020 Stories project (2020-21).
(Writer and Director on Spaces)
Delilah Niel
Delilah is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Glasgow. She first came to film during her undergraduate degree in Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, where she began to make experimental shorts. She then ran a business in event videography and photography before completing a postgrad in Film and Cinematography at Edinburgh Napier University. When she isn’t obsessing over her steadily growing collection of camera lenses she enjoys dancing (badly), reading (too fast), and watching excessive amounts of reality TV. She is super interested in intertextual work .
(Writer and Director on Speak of the Devil & Spaces )
Eilidh Nurse
Eilidh is an emerging writer and assistant producer from Galloway in South-West Scotland, living in Glasgow. She has been Assistant Producer at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, and is currently Assistant Producer for Wonder Fools theatre company. Eilidh first began writing plays at the University of Stirling. She has been a member of the Traverse Theatre Young Writers Group, one of three winners of the Rose Theatre Kingston’s 2019 New Writing Festival, longlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Playwriting and shortlisted for the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award. She also has a background in filmmaking and is a company member of the National Youth Theatre.
(Writer and Director on Spaces)
Laurie Presswood
Laurie is an Edinburgh-based writer and comedy nerd. Her first introduction to scripted comedy came in the form of her big sister’s VHS copy of Trev & Simon’s Stupid Video, which gave her a taste for humour that was rapid-paced and chaotic. She studied Law and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh, during which time she was Editor in Chief of Edinburgh’s The Student and News Editor of The National Student. The three things in the world she finds funniest are misdirection, shouting, and people singing out of tune. She also performs, but not well.
(Writer and Director on Speak of the Devil
Renee Paluola
Renee graduated from the University of Reading in English in 2021, having been drowning in essays and books for most of her life. Naturally, this passion evolved into wanting to make her own stories. Writing was always going to play a part of her future and she loves to engage with like-minded people who view stories, words and letters the way she does.
(Writer on Look, Hear – Discover Oxford Road)
Anna Whealing
Anna is a Writer, Director and Creative Producer currently working in film and radio drama. After studying MA English Literature at the University of Edinburgh she developed a strong interest in story and an understanding of what makes good narrative. Moving to Glasgow in 2018, she began working full time in the arts and, by extension, the service industries. She has a passion and drive to help others progress their careers and has extensive experience staying up late into the night to finish funding applications or script feedback. Anna loves working with emerging talent and has produced several indie shorts including Against the Current (2018), Rabbit (2019) and If What You Say Is True (2020). You can count on her to get excited about weird concepts, unconventional storytelling or challenging characters.
(Writer, Director and Creative Producer on Speak of the Devil & Spaces)