Cally Phillips

I have written prose exclusively for the past decade though I have a professional background in screenwriting and stage drama. My key themes are identity, reality and memory. For me, narrative is a way to both experience the world and a vital form of communication. I like to experiment with form but have a great respect for structures.

I see writing as a means of exploring and maintaining good mental health and am happy to deliver talks and workshops on aspects of achieving creative balance. I am interested in exploring tensions around competence and confidence in cultural contexts.

I am an active advocate for alternative publishing. I like to challenge and disrupt conventional approaches. I believe that publishing is a political, economic and social act. In the past five years I have developed various independent publishing imprints and have a catalogue of nearly a hundred fiction and non fiction works, supporting Scots writers (living and dead) through the (re)publishing process. I run two literary societies: The Galloway Raiders (S.R.Crockett) and The J.M.Barrie Literary Society and am always happy to talk about the life and works of these authors or indeed, my own creative work.