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History. 

Reimagined. 

I’m a historian, ghostwriter, and author. I combine the discipline of history with the art of storytelling to create work that grounds people in place, builds trust, and endures in memory.

HERITAGE & PLACEMAKING

Stories that anchor place

Earn trust with councils and communities.
Smoother approvals.
Tie marketing narratives to authenticity.

Every site carries a past: traces of people, industry, and community layered into its ground. When developers acknowledge and interpret those stories, places gain depth. They become more than projects — they become part of the city’s memory.

I help bring those histories to light — with rigour and imagination — so they serve today’s project as well as tomorrow’s city. 

This is how developments earn their place. Not just completed but remembered.

COMMISSIONED
HISTORIES

A record that guides.

Preserve institutional memory.
Strengthen identity and reputation.
Inspire future generations.

A family business can’t chart its future without knowing the story that brought it here. The values, decisions, and turning points of earlier generations aren’t just background — they’re the compass that helps today’s leaders steer.

I work closely with family companies to uncover and shape these histories through research and collaboration. I balance rigour with storytelling to create work that is practical as well as enduring.

A commissioned history isn’t about looking back. It’s a foundation for what comes next.

GHOSTWRITING

STORY. VOICE. LEGACY.

Captures the subject’s voice with clarity.

Distils values and lessons with precision.

Reaches readers with authority and impact.

The most powerful books are true to the person behind them. I work with leaders, reformers, and thinkers to turn lived experience into writing that is both authentic and enduring.

Ghostwriting is not PR or polish. It’s memoir written with rigour and imagination — so it stands the test of time.

MY SERVICES

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The way I practise history is shaped by values I hold constant. They remind me to look harder, to question, to listen, and to create work that is both rigorous and alive. Curiosity, integrity, collegiality, boldness, and storytelling run through everything I do.

I'm wired to wonder — to ask, explore, and uncover what’s been overlooked. I follow both evidence and instinct, because curiosity deepens my work. I want to understand the full picture, not just what’s on the surface. For me, curiosity isn’t optional — it’s a responsibility.

I'm wired to wonder — to ask, explore, and uncover what’s been overlooked. I follow both evidence and instinct, because curiosity deepens my work. I want to understand the full picture, not just what’s on the surface. For me, curiosity isn’t optional — it’s a responsibility.

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Curiosity 

I'm wired to wonder — to ask, explore, and uncover what’s been overlooked. I follow both evidence and instinct, because curiosity deepens my work. I want to understand the full picture, not just what’s on the surface. For me, curiosity isn’t optional — it’s a responsibility.

I work with care, clarity, and respect for the historical record. Guided by evidence, ethical responsibility, and collegiality, I navigate complexity with clients and subjects alike — producing work that is honest, considered, and enduring.

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Integrity

I work with care, clarity, and respect for the historical record. Guided by evidence, ethical responsibility, and collegiality, I navigate complexity with clients and subjects alike — producing work that is honest, considered, and enduring.

I work with care, clarity, and respect for the historical record. Guided by evidence, ethical responsibility, and collegiality, I navigate complexity with clients and subjects alike — producing work that is honest, considered, and enduring.

I believe the most thoughtful work emerges from relationships grounded in trust, generosity, and shared purpose. By working collegially — with clients, subjects, and peers — I create space for open dialogue, diverse perspectives, and solutions that honour complexity. Collegiality is a way of thinking together, toward something deeper and more lasting.

03.

Collegial

I believe the most thoughtful work emerges from relationships grounded in trust, generosity, and shared purpose. By working collegially — with clients, subjects, and peers — I create space for open dialogue, diverse perspectives, and solutions that honour complexity. Collegiality is a way of thinking together, toward something deeper and more lasting.

I believe the most thoughtful work emerges from relationships grounded in trust, generosity, and shared purpose. By working collegially — with clients, subjects, and peers — I create space for open dialogue, diverse perspectives, and solutions that honour complexity. Collegiality is a way of thinking together, toward something deeper and more lasting.

I trust my creative instinct — even when it leads me away from convention. I push myself to keep going through discomfort. I show up and stay with the hard stuff when it would be easier to turn away.

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Boldness

I trust my creative instinct — even when it leads me away from convention. I push myself to keep going through discomfort. I show up and stay with the hard stuff when it would be easier to turn away.

I trust my creative instinct — even when it leads me away from convention. I push myself to keep going through discomfort. I show up and stay with the hard stuff when it would be easier to turn away.

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Storytelling

I shape history into stories that draw people close, giving them a sense of being present as events unfold. I aim to show rather than tell — to let moments, voices, and textures speak for themselves. Storytelling is how I make the past vivid and alive, so that meaning is felt as much as it is understood.

I shape history into stories that draw people close, giving them a sense of being present as events unfold. I aim to show rather than tell — to let moments, voices, and textures speak for themselves. Storytelling is how I make the past vivid and alive, so that meaning is felt as much as it is understood.

I shape history into stories that draw people close, giving them a sense of being present as events unfold. I aim to show rather than tell — to let moments, voices, and textures speak for themselves. Storytelling is how I make the past vivid and alive, so that meaning is felt as much as it is understood.

Storytelling

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“What drives me is uncovering meaning in what others might overlook — and turning it into stories that people can carry with them.”

Brad Buller, PhD - Historian.

“What drives me is uncovering meaning in what others might overlook — and turning it into stories that people can carry with them.

Brad Buller, PhD — Historian.

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