To celebrate International Women's Day this year, we've curated a list of recent work by our brilliant female authors. Keep reading to find out more about some of the key titles by women from across our disciplines! Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement by Naomi Seidman Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov movement she … Continue reading
In conversation with Sarah Corbett…
A Perfect Mirror has seen every success since its publication earlier this year. We caught up with Sarah Corbett to discuss art, poetry, and the unconscious life. You lecture in creative writing at Lancaster University, do you ever find yourself being inspired by your students and their writing? Sometimes I find that in working through a … Continue reading
Blood Child, Myths and Fairytales: In Conversation with Eleanor Rees
Natalie Bolderston caught up with Liverpool-based poet, and author of Blood Child, Eleanor Rees, to chat about poetry as an art-form, fairy tales, and how Liverpool is always present in her writing. For many years, you have worked in participatory art as a creative workshop leader. Has this affected your writing in any way? Yes working … Continue reading
The Inspiration and Storytelling of And She Was: In Conversation with Sarah Corbett
Natalie Bolderston caught up with Sarah Corbett to discuss the parallels of poetry and cinema and the inspiration and storytelling behind her gripping collection And She Was. And She Was is described as a 'verse novel', as the poems connect to make one continuous narrative. What made you decide to combine the two forms? Did you face any … Continue reading
The Science, Nature and Creativity of Slant Light. In Conversation with Sarah Westcott
We caught up with Sarah Westcott to discuss the interplay between science and creative writing and the various aspects of life and culture that enrich her poetry collection Slant Light. As someone who has studied both biology and creative writing, do you think that scientific methods (e.g. observation and analysis) bear any similarity to poetic composition? … Continue reading
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