Kaja has been writing for highly-respected publications for over a decade. They have a BA and Master’s in Creative Writing. They have also attended training on best SEO practice and attended a short day-course on copywriting from the Arts Marketing Association. This portfolio highlights some of their recent work.
Essays:
Published by Unbound in 2019, ‘Rife Twenty-One Stories From Britain’s Youth’ is a collection of essays from the creative minds behind Rife Magazine. It holds a mirror up to the experience of young people in the UK today, with essays on money, mental health, sex, gender, inequality, education, crime and the future.
Kaja’s essay ‘Gender Divides’ looks at the purpose of gender in modern society while reflecting on her own experiences of playing with gender expression through online role-playing platforms.
In issue 70 of the welsh agenda, Wales’ Leading current affairs magazine, Kaja has an essay published titled ‘How Can we use storytelling to change the world?’ In this essay Kaja reflects on how storytelling is being used in Wales and the wider world to communicate the issues surrounding the climate crisis.
Kaja interviews Black Mountains College tutor’s Ben Rawlence, Owen Sheers, Tom Bullough and Dr Natasha Eernstman to find out about this Welsh University’s holistic approach of teaching that marries creativity with science to tackle the world’s greatest crisis. You can read the online version here.
Articles
THE WOMAN DIES dissects how women are treated in Japan, the media, and the world – review published in Buzz Mag
A Journey into the Bog – Kaja Brown talks to Bog Witch’s writer Mab Jones published in Issue 74 of the welsh agenda
An Elven Alliance Is Protecting Iceland’s Natural Wonders published in Atmos
Review of Odyssey ’84 published in Issue 73 of the welsh agenda
Is exercise inherently fatphobic or can it be used as a tool for liberation? published in Shado Magazine
Reflecting on Aberystwyth’s Marginalised Writer’s Day published in Inclusive Journalism Cymru
The UK needs to change so that queer, disabled people can thrive published in collaboration with Diva Magazine and QueerAF
Navigating Disability in the Publishing industry published by Inclusive Journalism Cymru
I’m Single This Christmas — So I’m Dating Myself published by Refinery 29
Review: The First XXXmas published by the welsh agenda
Global Day of Action for Climate Justice in Wales published by the welsh agenda
How Can Storytelling Change the World? published by the welsh agenda
Review: Es and Flo, Wales Millennium Centre published by the welsh agenda
Long Read: The Future of Sexual Health in Wales published by the welsh agenda
Sanctuary – There Must Be Somewhere: Poetry Review published by the welsh agenda
Claude Cahun: Beneath This Mask published by the welsh agenda
Greta Thunberg’s visit to Bristol was a message of hope published by Rife Magazine
Reclaiming Gay Rural Wales published by New Welsh Review
On the Red Hill Review published by New Welsh Review
Creative Fiction:
Imagining Futures of Freedom and Joy published by Shelby X Studios
My Bleeding Robin Red Breast published by Mooky Chick
Other Writing & Editorial Work:
From August 2024 – August 2025 Kaja was the Reviews Editor for Poetry Wales. She was in charge of selecting and editing reviews for the 2024 Winter print issue as well as contributing to Poetry Wales’ 60th Anniversary special edition. Kaja wrote editorial copy for Poetry Wales.
Kaja has worked as an editorial assistant for The Welsh Agenda, Lucent Dreaming and Rife Magazine. Kaja has also worked as a proof-reader for Lucent.
Kaja also works as a copywriter and has provided copy for multiple organisations, including environmental charities like Climate Cymru and publications like The Welsh Agenda and agencies like The Content Coven. Kaja has also designed her own websites and written all the copy for these sites.
Kaja used to run a blog ‘The Creative Climate Activist’ where she wrote copy and features related to social and environmental justice.
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