[1] Adam has been published in a number of literary journals including Overland (2015),[7] takahē (2014),[8] Fire Dials (2014),[9] Sport (2008–2014),[10] Landfall (2009, 2010), and Hue & Cry (2007–2013).
[3] Adam is a book reviewer on Jesse Mulligan's show broadcast on Radio New Zealand.
[3] She was appointed Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for 2021 at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters.
[18][19] Adam also received the New Generation Award in the 2012 Macquarie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand[20] and was a runner up in the 2007 Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition.
[22] Audition was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.