2021 has only really begun, and for me it continues to be a year of making things. Books, knitting,… and now a newborn. Last month, amidst writing stories and promotion for Composite Creatures, I had a baby boy. Noah. And though writing will be paced for a long while, I’m even more determined to make…
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6 Books that should be on your Christmas List this Year
I can’t be the only person whose Christmas list is quite often just a huge list of books? Admittedly I have a bit of a problem, in that my house is stuffed full with books. In fact, stack them up around the walls and I could very well brick up the house with them. But…
Journal#7: When January isn’t what you thought it would be
Can you believe January’s nearly over? At this time of the year many of us are at our weakest. Maybe we’ve given up on our New Year Resolutions, or we’re ploughing on but we’re lost in the gloom of winter, shivering away against the wind. Maybe we’re still financially broke after Christmas, or we’re feeling…
Malkin Review
Almost immediately after beginning to read, I felt compelled to write a review of this pamphlet. Malkin by Camille Ralphs is a collection of poetic testimonies of the accused from the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612. Published by The Emma Press, the pamphlet is wildly different from their other collections, and is all the more…