Bookshelf

  • Before and After (Bournemouth University)

    Embarking on MA in Creative Writing & Publishing (Online cohort) to graduating, and a year after, I can certainly say life’s been a whirlwind of storytelling, literary advocacy, and surprisingly, grant writing (which I now consider a creative art in itself!) and setting up a Community Interest Company. The journey’s been full of learning, growth,…

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  • Long Day’s Journey

    At a university interview for my bachelor’s English degree, still aged seventeen, I declared, ‘I want to write a book’. ‘Everyone says that’ one of the profs scoffed. I was dismayed. I’d been writing since I was eight. Eventually, I went into journalism and wrote news stories instead. It took thirty years to finally achieve…

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  • A photo of Brad in front of J E Rowney's books - derelict, ghosted, I can't sleep, the book swap, Other people's lives and Waking Up in Vegas.

    Books by MACWP Alums

    Here are some of the books produced by graduates of the MA in Creative Writing and Publishing. As a proud supporter of the arts, I purchase a copy of everything our writers produce, including many works they started on our degree. Our alums are a prolific lot, so this has proven a tad costly, but…

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  • Book cover for Just Another Mum. It has a photo of Abbey and her twin boys.

    Turning chaos into books

    Twenty-odd years ago, when my twins were first diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum, I began giving presentations to parents just starting their own journeys. Sharing the funny, heartfelt, and chaotic moments of our lives felt so natural that professionals in education, health, and social care soon encouraged me to write a book. What…

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