Event: Book Launch for Heartsound
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UPDATE: event now fully booked but there is now a second launch on Wednesday 10 April. Details here. When: Monday 8 April 7:00pm – 8.30pm Where: Five Leaves Bookshop, 14 A, Long Row, Nottingham. NG1 2DH What: Launch of Clare … Read More

How our darkest days bring light to our writing.
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Someone messaged me last week to say they were having an ‘Amy Blue week’ – Amy is the main character in Blue Tide Rising – adding ‘you write depression with cutting beauty and deep understanding.’ This was good to hear, … Read More

Up Lit – the trend for positive publishing
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Until recently I thought ‘uplit’ meant ambient lighting, like in the picture, but last week, at a workshop called ‘The Kindness Effect’ I learnt it’s actually a genre, or a literary trend –  one that has empathy at its core. … Read More