Hello! Glad you’re here. I'm Janine. I'm a BBC New Generation Thinker, writer, and academic. I work across a number of forms, including poetry, non-fiction, and radio, with a particular focus on popular culture and books.

My writing on Grace Jones, Hollywood melodrama, Dave Chappelle, professional wrestling, motherhood, Amy Winehouse, and coming-of-age has been published by the Guardian, Bloomsbury, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, and elsewhere. You might have heard me on BBC Radio 3 and 4, on programmes like Free Thinking, The Essay, Woman's Hour, and Great Lives.

My debut poetry collection, Sometimes Real Love Comes Quick & Easy, is a nostalgia-filled exploration of love and pop culture. It was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. When I’m not teaching literature at the University of York, I work as a freelance writer, workshop facilitator, and mentor. I share the latest on my writing and research via a Substack newsletter called ‘One Word at a Time’.