In 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 I was a fiction reader/reviewer for the first round of the James Tait Black Award.

I was a Scottish Review of Books ’emerging critic’ in 2018-19, mentored by Andrew Crumey.

Reviews for The Scottish Review of Books:

• Esi Edugyan, Washington Black (2018)
• Donal Ryan, From a Low and Quiet Sea (2018)

Reviews for The List:

• Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier (* * * *) (2019)