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A revival

I’ve recently returned to this blog to make myself write and publish more poetry! Here is a poem I wrote recently: Astral Breakdown I cut off all my hair to feel something. To no one’s surprise, it didn’t work. Instead I saw myself unknown holding a now-dead pain, left limp and loose, scattered little needlesContinue reading “A revival”

New Music to get you through Lockdown

Music can cure all ills but for some reason, I’ve been craving a lot of the old classic jams of my teens. Cue Black Eyed Peas and One Direction. I’m usually a music lover and over the past year, I’ve felt that slowly drain from my soul (thanks Oxford for having a shit music scene).Continue reading “New Music to get you through Lockdown”

Writing in a time of Corona

During the quarantine, I have been reluctant to pick up the pen/open my laptop and begin to do the thing I told myself I would: write. For reasons that are obvious, the world is going through a global hurt – some self-inflicted and some not. At first, we were firefighting a deadly virus, the ‘rona,Continue reading “Writing in a time of Corona”

Baby (book) Day

It’s been a while since I’ve read a lot of children’s books; I tend to go for nostalgia and reread books, His Dark Materials being a favourite series. As a children’s editor, in the name of market research (and just for the fun) I decided to read a couple of popular books and see whatContinue reading “Baby (book) Day”

Being 23

Being 23 is fucking difficult.

My Sister the Serial Killer

This book was one from the work book club – fuelled by the buzz surrounding it at the time I was excited to read Braithwaite’s dark novel. For a book that offers the proposition of a manic killer, the deaths in this book are actually quite minimal. The title is correct about one thing, Korede’sContinue reading “My Sister the Serial Killer”

Winter

The second in the seasonal quartet, Ali Smith’s Winter took me longer than I anticipated to get into. I loved Autumn and the childlike narrative and the innocence of it, but Winter (just like the season) took a bit more work to get through. The recurring thread that kept me going in this novel fullContinue reading “Winter”

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Another Book Club pick! Before the Coffee Gets Cold dips into the mysterious realm of time travel, except it comes loaded with rules. The stories are split into those who time travelled, Fumiko and Goro, Kazu and Hirai, Kei and (spoilers!) her future child. These pairs acted as the core relationships and I must admitContinue reading “Before the Coffee Gets Cold”

My First (generic) Blog Post

Welcome to my blog! This blog was born out of having one of those classic blue days, well really, a series of blue months. Sometimes you get sick of feeling blue and so I decided one of the best ways to get myself writing again and feeling creative would be to start a blog. I’mContinue reading “My First (generic) Blog Post”