Susan has been writer-in-residence for a number of organisations and institutions. These include:

• Swansea University’s Department of Adult Education – over a four-month period, Susan ran intensive one-to-one writing surgeries on campus, offered workshops in the wider community and performed her own prose and poetry at a range of venues including the Dylan Thomas Centre and on board mobile libraries.
• National Association of Local Government Arts Officers annual conference – Susan’s brief was to produce poetry in response to the conference theme and to perform it for the delegates each morning.
• Community Nutrition Unit in Tasmania, Australia – during Why Weight? Week, Susan ran writing and theatre workshops focusing on body image and disordered eating at schools, community centres and health centres.