
THE ART OF SLOW WRITING
Leslie Tate I’m a slow author. It took three years to write my latest book Ways To Be Equally Human. That’s an average of 40 words per day. So, if you were reading my book you’d have reached my daily

JOANNE LIMBURG AND THE AUTISTIC ALICE
I interviewed Joanne Limburg whose poetry collection Feminismo was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection; another collection, Paraphernalia, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Joanne has also written a collection for children, Bookside Down, which was shortlisted for the CLPE Poetry

MARRIANN JOHANSEN-ELLIS: A PASSION FOR PRINTS
I interviewed Mariann Johansen-Ellis about her nature-inspired prints that she works on passionately, intensively and intuitively. Marriann says about her art, “I love printmaking because

CATHERINE SWIRE and FLAME, ASH, FEATHER: A DOZEN EGGS from LOCKERBIE
I interviewed Catherine Swire about her prize-winning hybrid book, Flame, Ash, Feather, published by Black Spring Press, that describes keeping chickens and how they translate violence.

ADVENTURES IN LINO CUTTING
I interviewed artist Alexandra Buckle about her lino cut printing, her love of nature and teaching. Alexandra says about her art: “I gave the reduction

LOVE IN ACTION
A dramatic account by Quaker Sue Hampton of how it felt to be part of an Extinction Rebellion occupation of A and O Shearman- a

NATALIA MILLMAN, EXPLORING LOSS THROUGH ART
I interviewed Natalia Millman about her artistic response to dementia, personal loss and grief. Natalia is an intuitive artist who uses found materials to express

MATTHEW FREEMAN – WRITING ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS
I interviewed poet Matthew Freeman, who recently published his seventh collection I Think I’d Rather Roar. Matthew describes himself as: “Survivor of schizophrenia. Poems all