by Sarah Tinsley | Dec 21, 2023 | Reviews
I love seeing the different ideas people have for their books. Last year I featured Clar Ni Chonghaile’s book Rain Falls On Everyone and loved the gritty realism of Dublin. This time she takes us to the Central African Republic with Elodie, a naive psychologist...
by Sarah Tinsley | Nov 24, 2023 | Reviews
There are times when you read something that just sings off the page. The passion, intimacy and honesty found in Menopause The Anthology is wonderful. Coming from Arachne Press, I was expecting something good anyway, but I wasn’t prepared for how various this...
by Sarah Tinsley | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog, Reviews
I love dabbling in different styles. I met Slawka Scarso when she ran a workshop on writing flash fiction with the Geneva Writer’s Group last year. What I was most struck by was how there a little stories hiding everywhere – she used images, titles, recipes,...
by Sarah Tinsley | Jun 21, 2020 | Blog
With the recent Black Lives Matter protests I wanted to look to a different part of untold history. I found this article where Montaz March talked about her dissertation on the unexamined history of black people in the UK. I was particularly interested in her...
by Sarah Tinsley | May 27, 2020 | Blog
This post is inspired by the German astronomer Caroline Herschel. A breathing gap in half term so this one is a little more timely than the others! Something about her story created a pompous voice in my head that narrated her experience, which felt more suitable than...
