Tag Archives: Author

Interview – ITV News

This week I was interviewed by ITV News adding my voice to this growing protest against the theft of books to train AI by META. Please sign the petition – this is an issue that doesn’t just impact authors but also anyone who cares about the law being upheld when it comes to our rights… Read More »

Library Opening in King’s Lynn

It was such an honour to open a new library at King’s Oak Academy in King’s Lynn on Friday! Children told me all sorts of reasons why reading is so good to do – ‘it makes you smart’, ‘it’s good for your brain’, ‘it helps us know what to do’ – one child said they’d… Read More »

Finding Natural Wonder: Two Rivers Book Festival Podcast

From author Nick Hayes, talking on public access to land, Right to Roam campaign and The Book of Trespass, to Waveney River Trust’s Emily Winter discussing all things river restoration and her love of soil, Wilding by Isabella Tree, to co-founder of TOAST Poetry Daisy Henwood, talking on the rise and rise of nature writing… Read More »

Open Call – Writing to Celebrate Anna Sewell

I’m excited to team up with women’s charity Feathers Futures to call for short pieces of writing from women based anywhere in the UK, to celebrate the life and work of Anna Sewell. Author of Black Beauty, Anna Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth on March 30th, 1820. Despite struggling with illness in her final… Read More »

Talk Walk Reflect – Two Rivers Book Festival, September 10th – October 1st 2020

I’m delighted to be talking with Norfolk based writers John Arnett and Melinda Appleby as part of Talk, Walk Reflect at the Two Rivers Book Festival this Autumn. Join us on zoom on September 10th, to take part in a landscape-inspired remote walking project taking place over three weeks. We will be sharing three approaches… Read More »

Writing Workshop – Celebrating Anna Sewell, September 18th, 2020

I’m delighted to be running an outdoor creative writing workshop for women funded by Norfolk County Council, with charity Feathers Futures in Great Yarmouth on Friday 18th September, midday – 3.30pm / 4pm. We will be walking around sites in Great Yarmouth, to celebrate the bicentenary of Anna Sewell’s birthday, author of Black Beauty. Looking… Read More »