Octavia was founded in September 2015 in response to the lack of inclusivity and representation in literature and academia. Octavia meet monthly at Southbank Centre. Rachel has taught at The Poetry School, The Poetry Society, Tate Modern, and The Arvon Foundation. She is cotutor on the Barbican Young Poets programme. Her work has featured in Magma, The London Magazine, and Modern Poetry in Translation (MpT). In 2016, she was invited by The British Council to represent contemporary British poetry in India, and in May this year, she was invited to Chicago, where she was guest tutor to the Young Chicago Authors, and read at The Poetry Foundation.