Post-trauma badassery, unapologetic ageing, gardening as witchcraft, menopausal resurrection, van life joyrides, and neurospicy chaos.
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Finding Molly
Many years ago I had promised myself, I would ‘be an author’ by the time I was sixty, and I would see my book in my local bookshop window. In 2023, my local independent bookshop, Cogito Bookshop in Hexham, helped this fledgling author’s dre...
Going Rogue in Richmond
Forty-five years after my parents dropped me off at the Maria Grey Campus at the West London Institute of Higher Education, by Richmond Lock Bridge, I find that I am once again drawn to the place. For I have signed with Richmond Literary Pr...
A Storybook Grandma ... but how to show and not tell?
We are told as writers to ‘show and not tell’, and this week I’d like to consider how we do this for someone who has died. How do we tell of their life in a eulogy that shows the sort of person they are without telling? I offered to write t...
Ripe Pickings. Late May 2026
I had planned to bring this month’s edition of Ripe Pickings from a French market, elbow-deep in seasonal asparagus, cherries and strawberries, as in this photo from our travels in 2025. I was going to talk about seasonal eating, about the...
A Year Without A Summer
Congratulations to , whose debut novel, A Year Without A Summer, publishes this month with Barnard Publishing Ltd. I’ve known Lesley for some time now as a fellow writer and have loved following her journey to publication. It’s with so much...
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Writing from the frontlines of midlife: voice reclaimed, garden muddy, travel bag packed, and shame left in the dust. First book: The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn, sequel out Oct 30th
A PERFECT EXPLANATION (Salt Books) A MEMOIR IN 65 POSTCARDS & THE RECOVERY DIARIES (Troubador) IN JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS (Troubador) FALLOUT (Empress Editions) - rep'd by Jenny Savill ANA
Helping writers finish the book they've been putting off. ✍️ Circles, workshops, retreats and a community to come back to. \ud83d\udcac Mum of 2, mixed-race interfaith wife, grieving daughter. Writing my 4th book. London-based, Staffordshire roots.
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