Monthly Archives: February 2016

North West Literary Salon 4th March: Spring Awakening

Originally posted on North West Literary Salon:
By Shona Jackson With spring lingering on the horizon, and a long catalogue of alphabetised storms (hopefully) behind us, the grey skies and icy northern winds are beginning to mellow. If you’re still…

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Half a loaf

There’s room for both celebration and exasperation in Italy’s new civil unions legislation. Let’s start with the good stuff. It’s been a long time coming and the fact that it’s arrived, albeit limping and mangled, is worth a raised a … Continue reading

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And from Lori and Julia…

If you’d like to hear what I said on The Lori & Julia Show you can listen to the interview here. You’ll find me on Wednesday, 17 February, Hour One, 24 minutes into the show. Pedicures and Guillermo del Toro are among … Continue reading

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The Nervous Breakdown

This may be my toughest interview ever. I blame the interviewer.

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Correction to previous post. Radio interview brought forward to 3.35pm Central Time!

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Radio interview

If any of you are in the Minnesota area this afternoon, tune into “The Lori and Julia Show” on KTMY-FM at 4.35 Central Time. I’ll be answering questions about The Children’s Home and who knows what else!

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Waving

I’ve been shamefully absent from here for far too long. 2015 was an exciting, exhausting year, of ports and presentations, of steps forward and stumbles back, of births and, sadly, deaths, of reading new writers and returning to old ones, … Continue reading

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