
BOOKS AS SPORT, ARTWORKS, WORDSEARCH, CARD TRICKS?
A piece about how the writer’s imagination works, using examples from my recently published novel, Love’s Register. My thoughts about writing Love’s Register begin with the image of the novel as a house of cards. What I see is an

WENDY PARCIAK – EDITING NOVELS, STUDYING ECOLOGY AND TRAINING DOGS
I interviewed author, musician, PhD ecologist and dog trainer Wendy Parciak, who talks about her adult literary novel Requiem for Locusts and why she switched to writing for middle-grade children. Wendy’s interview covers music, mental health, community ecology, writing methods

ANGELA COCKAYNE – WORKING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ART AND NATURE
I Interviewed artist, curator and film maker Angela Cockayne who puts together delicate found objects with her own creations to sharpen the viewer’s awareness of

FRANK LOMAN AND THE ART OF VOICE
I interviewed international actor, broadcaster and cabaret artist Frank Loman, who has appeared in Les Misérables, La Cage Aux Folles, West Side Story, Cabaret, Rocky

GRACE LAPOINTE TALKS ABOUT ABLEISM, ABJECTION AND DISABILITY HISTORY
I interviewed disability author Grace Lapointe about her personal backstory and her writings on ableism and disability history. Grace is a senior contributor to Book

CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, ENVIRONMENTAL STORYTELLING AND TREE PLANTING IN CAMEROON
I interviewed Smith Barry Berry, a climate change and gender activist and founder of Cameroon Environmental Champions. Smith Barry Berry talked about environmental storytelling, Skillmetoo

EDWARD LEAR – THE FULL STORY, TOLD BY SARA LODGE
I interviewed Sara Lodge whose book about Edward Lear celebrates how “… he created an identity that allowed him to be funny and sad, to

KIMBERLEY HARE AND THE HEART OF THRIVING
I interviewed Kimberley Hare, writer, retreat leader and co-founder of the HEART Community Group. HEART supports people who take the view that the current climate/ecological