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Weird Women Workshop
Join me for a writing workshop at Levy Old Library on 8 March 2025, International Women's Day.
Feb 121 min read
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Stay Beautiful
Fandoms and teenage friendship. Manic Street Preachers. A nostalgic tale of eyeliner, glitter and feather boas at the turn of the century.
Jan 244 min read
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Quit Lit: Get reading in Dry January
Quit Lit recommendations for the newly sober, the long-term-boozefree-book nerds, the sober curious or anyone interested in life stories.
Dec 31, 20248 min read
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'Trespasser, singular' - Trash Cat Lit
Who doesn't want to read about animals being in places they shouldn't be?
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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Look at You
You look in the mirror and see a calm face, a jaw without tension, and the kind of shoulders that have a masseuse tutting in...
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Tales as Hard as Nails
The new Wild Ink anthology, Tenpenny Dreadfuls: Tales as Hard as Nails , is out 10 September 2024. I have a short story ('Night Out,...
Sep 7, 20241 min read
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Multitudes Zine Fest
News zines and lovely times - Multitudes Zine Festival
Aug 30, 20241 min read
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Dark Speculations
Dark Speculations: Tales of Various Shapes & Shadows Volume I is a brand new anthology of 'beautifully crafted dark tales' from Little...
Oct 21, 20231 min read
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In conversation: Melissa Febos & Helen Mort
I headed out on a sunny Manchester evening to an event hosted by University of Manchester Press, publishers of Melissa Febos ’ most...
May 8, 20236 min read
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The Shining - addiction, trauma and topiary
CW: alcoholism, addiction, family trauma, domestic violence I recently finished reading Stephen King's The Shining for the second time....
Feb 15, 20234 min read
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Smells like teen spirit
A deep dive into The Perfume by Caroline B. Cooney. First in a series of Point Horror book blog posts.
Oct 4, 20226 min read
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Shame, the great silencer
“No matter how awful and long your journey, I can promise you the turn. One day it will lift.” - Chanel Miller Words can be healing and...
Sep 18, 20226 min read
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'On Writing', reading, and sobriety
This piece was written for, and first published in, Outsider 'zine in May 2021. Outsider is a collection of personal essays, poems and...
Sep 3, 20227 min read
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