Ever since I was a small girl making my own mock J17s and Sugars I have wanted to work in magazines. My publication tastes have moved on since then however and now some of my favourite titles are Monocle, Rolling Stone, Wanderlust and Holland & Barrett’s Healthy magazine.

Today I’m chasing the dream, as they say, and am currently studying a post graduate course in Magazine Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire. But before I started this course in September, I was living in Bahrain where I have worked for the previous five years as a writer, editor and freelancer.

Most recently I was a senior features writer for one of Bahrain’s biggest publishers, Arabian Magazines, writing for three of their publications which covered a range of topics from fashion and lifestyle to business and current events.

While I don’t mind writing about anything I do hope to specialise in travel and the Middle East later on down the line. Other interests I have include exploring, travelling, being healthy, listening to music, watching films and reading anything and everything I can get my hands on.

In March I am going to do a four-week placement at Ink and just after that I will hopefully be joining a group of other UCLan students on a trip to Guangzhou, China.

If you have any questions or just want to get in touch you can email me on katy_gillett@hotmail.com, tweet me @KatyGillett or follow my blog.