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
I interviewed Marian Van Eyk McCain who, on her Elderwoman site, discusses women aging and ‘sage-ing’. Marian describes her women-centred writing as “An advertisement for the simple life – a rediscovery of the sacred in the ordinary… An oasis on
I interviewed poet, editor, agitator, teacher, organiser and word-enthusiast Jacqueline Saphra, who has spearheaded several poem-a-thons raising funds for charity, is a founder of Poets
I interviewed author and eco-educationalist Sarah Watkins, who has been a Forest School leader and head teacher, and now lectures and writes books about young
I interviewed Sarah Hehir who scripts The Archers and BBC Doctors. As a past winner of the inaugural BBC Writer’s Prize, Sarah writes plays and scripts
I interviewed poet and editor Olaitan Humble, who won the EW Poetry Prize’s People Choice Award and has been nominated for the Rhysling Award, Pushcart
I interviewed composer and musician Rania Chrysostomou who draws on her Greek-Cypriot roots, using folk rhythms like zeibekiko and kalamatiano, and is currently leading a year-long project
I interviewed Regina Marler who was chosen by the estate of Virginia Woolf & Vanessa Bell to edit Selected Letters of Vanessa Bell. Regina has