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University of London
If I could read your mind: bringing the personal into the critical Date and Time: 15th January 2013, 5.00-6.30pm Location: Library, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University...
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Feature in Mslexia
The latest issue of Mslexia - a magazine for women who write – includes a feature by Emily Midorikawa and me. After The Times ran our piece on female writing friendships, we became interested in...
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Psychologies Writing Weekend
I am delighted to announce that I will be joining the talented novelists and tutors Liz Jensen and Romesh Gunesekera at the Bloomsbury Institute next weekend. This special writing weekend will be...
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The Memoir Garden
My Arts Council writing residency at Sunnyside Rural Trust has culminated in The Memoir Garden – a poetry collection that will be launched in Berkhamsted on 22nd May. I held monthly workshops and...
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Circle of Missé
I came, I saw, I tasted lots of good food & wine, but most of all I extended my writing skills, being pushed and challenged but also supported. Thanks Emma. - Bridget: a participant on A Writer...
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Launch of The Memoir Garden
“This book demonstrates beautifully that people with learning disabilities have rich and textured emotions and experiences. I love this book. It made me cry, laugh and wish. Read it, and then think...
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Waterstones in Berkhamsted
I am delighted to announce that The Memoir Garden is now available to purchase from Waterstones in Berkhamsted, The Papertrail in Apsley, and Sunnyside’s Hemel Food Garden on Two Waters Lane. All...
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The Reason I Jump
I was delighted to review this remarkable memoir for The Independent on Sunday. Naoki Higashida, the severely autistic author of The Reason I Jump finds conversation almost impossible, but he writes...
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Just Back travel piece in the Telegraph
Reblogged from Emily Midorikawa: As some friends already know, my partner and I have recently returned from a motorcycle tour of Spain (with him doing the driving, me sitting on the back). We saw all...
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The Memoir Garden locally and nationally
The Memoir Garden poets have been spreading the word about our collection of poems from the words and experiences of adults with learning disabilities. The collection proved such a success locally...
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Launch of Something Rhymed
I hope your 2014 is off to a good start. I’m marking the New Year with the launch of a website, Something Rhymed. It is about famous female writing friendships, and it is a joint venture with my own...
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Anything else you think we should know?
When I came to evaluate my Arts Council Memoir Garden residency, it struck me that people with learning disabilities are subject to endless evaluation by social workers and carers, doctors and...
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Read Me Something You Love
“One of the joys of doing this is being open to the experience of how other people’s enthusiasms will wing their way into your life and get you all gee’d up about stories or poems you might never have...
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The Guardian Family
This week, the Guardian Family ran my piece, ‘Lou, having the time of your life‘. It’s the second article down. The piece is about my parents’ fight to love and raise Lou – who has cerebral palsy and...
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A Garden Full of Memories
I am proud to announce that last night Councillor Allan Lawson, Mayor of Dacorum Borough Council, opened Sunnyside Rural Trust’s memorial garden. This beautiful and innovative space is a physical...
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The Writing Process Blog Tour
Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone invited me to take part in the ‘Writing Process Blog Tour’, a journey through writers’ websites via questions about their work. I was particularly pleased that she thought of...
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Double-Page Spread in the Independent on Sunday
‘Feel the Fear & Do It Anyway': This was the headline of the feature on female friendship that I co-wrote with Emily Midorikawa for the Independent on Sunday. Why would such a celebratory subject...
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Ilkley Literature Festival
One of the unexpected pleasures afforded by running SomethingRhymed.com is the chance to speak about female literary friendship on stage as well as write about it on screen. And so, Emily Midorikawa...
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A Year of Hidden Friendships
When we first launched Something Rhymed, a year ago now, concerned well-wishers expressed scepticism about whether we’d discover twelve pairs of historic female writer friends to profile each month...
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Creative Kickstart!
If the words have stalled during the cold months, come and get things cooking again with this daylong series of workshops. Learn the tricks of TV, dabble with poetry and make a start on your novel....
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