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Powerful Mothers: Mothers Lead by Jenny Wong
I'm so glad to be a member of the Women Writer's Network. We support and promote all kinds of women writers, and it often leads to people contacting me about their books. Jenny Wong got in touch about Mothers Lead, her unuusal memoir written in flash and poetry that...
Cosy Comfort – Winter Lights, Short Story Collection by Deborah Jenkins
As someone whose short stories always end up somewhat on the dark side, it's great to read writers who can craft a story with nuance and depth that still has a hopeful feeling overall. I featured Deborah Jenkins' wonderful novel Braver last year (which has deservedly...
Haunting Tale: Things Found On The Mountain by Diana Powell
Having only read the wonderful Diana Powell's short stories before (Trouble Crossing The Bridge is her excellent collection), I was delighted to have the opportunuty to read her novel Things Found On The Mountain. Just like her other fiction, it resonates with an...
Unusual Drama: Cardboard Clouds by Ben Niespodziany
I can safely say I've never read anything like this before. Featuring a cast of Death, A Business Man and a Magus (as well as Baby, God and Various Monsters), Cardboard Clouds by Ben Niespodziany is certainly unique. It's a novella written in one-act plays, something...
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I'm always humbled by the amazing things people do every year in support of International Women's Day. This year, I...
As the end of January is long faded, and February has dirged its way out of our lives, I wanted to pause for a moment....
There's something very special about a book that can bring a place to life. In The Exhibition, an historical novel by...
If you're looking for an immersive, entrancing story that leaves you thinking fondly about the characters weeks later,...
I'm always up for a story about pioneering women. Marjorie Herrera Lewis' award-winning novel inspired by the first...
I love short stories. Although I don't always get time to read them at the time they're sent Electric Literature's...
Last week I felt like the world was testing me. Testing my commitment to really giving this creative recovery a go. To...
Back in September 2020, I posted my very first blog on my new website, explaining why I’d quit teaching to write,...
This week involved the completion of Week 1 of The Artist’s Way, my second round of immunotherapy for melanoma and my...
I absolutely love how varied and eclectic this blog has made my reading. Interestingly enough, memoir is the genre...