Viva Survivors Select is a series of curated collections of the best of the Viva Survivors daily blog, a monthly zine of viva help on a variety of topics and themes taken from eight years of daily posts.

Viva Survivors Select Volume 1 is all eight curated collections from 2025 covering viva prep, viva expectations, surviving the viva, the PhD journey and a lot more. Each issue collects twenty posts from the Viva Survivors archive - with new original writing and resources to help the reader get ready for their viva.

Viva Survivor Select Volume 1 is offered with a big discount for the bundle - but if eight issues feels like too much about the viva you can find the individual issues at the following links: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08

(formatted for A5 size, eight issues of twenty pages including covers)

101 Steps To A Great Viva is a 24-page A5 zine to help postgraduate researchers as they prepare for their PhD viva. I share 101 actions that any PhD candidate can take to help them get ready for and have a great viva.

Created during a successful Kickstarter campaign in May 2023, 101 Steps To A Great Viva is my attempt to get someone to think proactively about their viva: what can you do to put yourself in a good position? What will you do?

I cover the viva from expectations to preparation, confidence-building to engaging with examiners. I'm extremely proud of the result and very grateful for the support I had to make it a reality.