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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures

11 July 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to July’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Summer’s here at last! People will be feeling very end-of-term-ish, ready to relax and rest for the remainder of this bright season. This fab image from Afsana Elanko captures the feeling of these lazy, dandelion-filled, summer days. (c) Dr Afsana Elanko, 2023 Our new ...

Monday Moments: Characters We Love To Hate

03 July 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month marks the start of our new theme: 'Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures.' I’ve been thinking about how we’re often most drawn to flawed characters in storytelling. These characters drive the plot forward, yes, but I think it goes a little deeper than that. I wonder whether ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Power Of Words And Voices

13 June 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen June is such an exciting time, as we feel summer is with us at last. I’ve been to the Hay Festival since I shared the May page with you and I feel inspired by all the voices I heard there. It was a chance to celebrate the power ...

Monday Moments: Connecting Inner And Outer Voices

05 June 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Continuing this month’s theme of ‘Hearing Voices: Inner Voices, Outer Voices And Connected Voices,’ I’ve been thinking about the ways writing helps us connect our inner and outer voices. It’s often easy for us to get lost in our thoughts, but writing – even if it’s left ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Hearing Voices

09 May 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen May’s Thoughtful Tuesday page is very much about our current theme of Hearing Voices: Inner Voices, Outer Voices, Connected Voices and I have some fabulous writing to share with you today. First, though, I’d like to acknowledge and greet the arrival of spring. The month of May is going to ...

Monday Moments: Elevating Voices

01 May 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month marks the start of our new theme, which is ‘Hearing Voices: Inner Voices, Outer Voices, Connected Voices.’ I’ve been thinking about how writing allows us to hear such a diverse range of voices, and connect with different stories and perspectives from all over the world. ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Contradictions In Poetry

11 April 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for April. It’s National Poetry Month and I’m sure you’ll know, by now, that poetry is one of my loves. So, I’ll be sharing some lovely poems (along with prose) on my page today. We’re still looking at the world of contradictions here ...

Monday Moments: New Beginnings

03 April 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall The clocks moved forward an hour on March 26th, marking the start of British Summer Time here in the UK. For me, the year never feels as though it’s getting under way until springtime. It’s a season of new beginnings when plans and resolutions made at the ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: The Voice Of Empowerment

14 March 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to March’s Thoughtful Tuesday. We’re still thinking about the world of contradictions and how they influence our thoughts, our writing and our reading. It’s Women’s Empowerment month, too, with International Women’s Day on the eighth, a fixture in our March calendar, not just here but all over ...

Monday Moments: Who Am I?

06 March 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Back in January, I was lucky enough to guest-edit an episode on working-class writers for the Alternative Stories And Fake Realities podcast (have a listen here). One of the things that I spoke about in the podcast was my relationship with my working-class roots, and how this ...

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