Books That Built Me
Books That Built Me: The Street Lawyer
I was such a genre snob as a kid - until my school librarian finally talked me into reading something different...
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Theatre Kid
I grew up memorising monologues and dreaming of spotlights. These days, I write scripts that haven’t been staged. Yet. Here’s why theatre still holds my heart.
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Creative Discipline? Ask My Cat.
What my cat taught me about writing, rhythm, and not apologising for taking up space.
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Books That Built Me: Habitus
This is the first in a series of posts about the books that helped shape who I am and how I write. And this book? It changed everything.
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Where Systems and Stanzas Meet
Poetry and public transport have more in common than you’d think. Both are systems that move us — sometimes without warning.
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Let's Call This a 'Soft Reboot'
An update for those of you who've been subscribed a while...
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Boiling Away The Cynicism
This week I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of "settling down" whilst watching too many episodes of Junior MasterChef.
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Dreams
When I was 15, I wanted to move from small-town middle England to New Zealand and become a computer hacker and a psychotherapist. Not sure when I thought I'd sleep...
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Local Coffee
Rediscovering an old post from the platform AudioBoo.