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Tag: Creative Writing

‘The Composition of Us’ by Johanna Robinson

11th January 202118th January 2021  Johanna Robinson

Johanna Robinson’s flash fiction, ‘The Composition of Us’, celebrates friendship between women – the joy, tears, late night talks and parties experienced before the pandemic and now in lockdown, online.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Flash FictionTagged: Corona Pandemic, Creative Writing, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Fiction, Flash Fiction, friendship, girlfriends, Johanna Robinson, Lockdown Living, Pandemic

‘Pagri/Paggar/Pagadi/Pagg Turbans’ by Kashiana Singh

7th September 20207th September 2020  Kashiana Singh

In Kashiana Singh’s beautiful poem, ‘Pagri/Paggar/Pagadi/Pagg Turbans’, a father slowly folds his turban in front of his daughter, the intimate act of which is akin to the gradual unravelling of a poem.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Creative Writing, Father and daughter relationship, India, Kashiana Singh, Languages, Life in Languages, Pagri/Paggar/Pagadi/Pagg, Poetry, Turbans, writing poems

The Language of Reminiscence by Ludovica Credendino

25th August 202025th August 2020  Ludovica Credendino

Ludovica Credendino remembers the difficulties of switching from Italian to English when writing creatively, and how she learned to fuse the two into her own unique language.

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Posted in Arts, Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Creative Writing, Elodie Rose Barnes, Italian, Languages, Life in Languages, Ludovica Credendino, Translation

‘Labelled for Your Convenience’ by Marissa McCallam

19th June 20203rd August 2020  Marissa McCallam

In this witty and moving piece, Marissa McCallam reflects on navigating the world as a brown girl, encountering other people’s racist views and prejudices, connecting with her mixed heritage and embracing the freedom and power of ambiguity.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Black Lives Matter, Centre Myself, creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, Marissa McCallam, non-fiction, Race, Racial Identity

‘Nebula of the Sea’ by Tilda Bowden

23rd January 20206th May 2020  Tilda Bowden

Writing of her own experiences of under water diving, Tilda Bowden describes a world of wonder beneath the surface of the sea by day, and its celestial transformation by night.

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Posted in Arts, Creative Writing, EnvironmentTagged: creative non-fiction, Creative Writing, Environment, Night / Shift, non-fiction, Ocean, Paul Klee, swimming

The Quillan Leaf by Gerry Stewart

1st January 20201st January 2020  Gerry Stewart

In her poem, Gerry Stewart shines a light on the overlooked legacy of Sarah Anne Bright, a nineteenth-century artist and photographer who produced one of the earliest surviving photograms initially attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Creative Writing, Gerry Stewart, Photographer, Photography, Poetry, Sarah Anne Bright, The Quillan Leaf

Boudica by Rosemary Appleton

6th October 20197th October 2019  Rosemary Appleton

Rosemary Appleton’s short poem, ‘Boudica’, vividly brings to life the final moments of the legendary rebel queen.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: boudica, Boudicca, Creative Writing, history, Legend, Myth, poem, Poetry, Tacitus

‘Snip Snip’ by Victoria Smith, Joint Second Place in the Lucy Writers Flash Fiction Competition

18th June 201918th June 2019  Victoria Smith

Keeley is one of the few hairdressers left in the kingdom when the resident dictator requires a new hair cut. Terrified of saying no, three guards whisk her off to the palace to trim his ‘Eminence’s’ hair. Victoria Smith’s witty and deftly told short story is one for Angela Carter fans everywhere.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Flash FictionTagged: Angela Carter, Byte The Book, Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, Lucy Writers Flash Fiction Competition, My Ly, Retreat West, Snip Snip, Victoria Smith

‘A Very British Rebellion’ by Emily Slade, Winner of the Lucy Writers Flash Fiction Competition

28th May 201916th June 2019  Emily Slade

Dad just wants a quiet night in front of the tele, but when next-door starts playing loud music the evening takes a nasty turn. Emily Slade’s short story, ‘A Very British Rebellion,’ unites sharp dialogue with jolting images in an off-kilter tale about un-neighbourly hostilities.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Flash FictionTagged: Creative Writing, Emily Slade, Flash Fiction, Lucy Writers Flash Fiction Competition, Short Story

Lucy Writers Flash Fiction Competition Winner Announcement

28th May 201928th May 2019  Lucy Writers

Lucy Writers announces the winner of its first ever Flash Fiction Competition in collaboration with Retreat West and Byte The Book, and with sponsorship by My Ly.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, GeneralTagged: Amanda Saint, Byte The Book, Competition, Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, Justine Solomons, Lucy Cavendish College, My Ly, Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, Retreat West

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins – a stunning, atmospheric debut

8th April 201922nd April 2019  My Ly

After several years in London, Jamaican servant Frannie Langton finds herself on trial for the murder of her English master and mistress – but she has no memory of that fatal evening. Our arts contributor, My Ly, reviews Sara Collins’ atmospheric and evocative debut novel, The Confessions of Frannie Langton.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Britain and Colonialism, Cambridge, Creative Writing, Frannie Langton, Gothic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, Neo-Victorian, Nineteenth-Century Britain, Novel, Penguin, Sara Collins, Slavery and the British Empire, The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Viking

The Tyger Women of Langata Women’s Maximum-Security Prison, Kenya

9th December 20186th May 2020  Tilda Bowden

Our Creative Writing Editor, Tilda Bowden, relates her experience of leading creative writing workshops with women from Langata’s Maximum-Security Prison in Kenya and the joy that poetry can bring to all.

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Posted in Arts, Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Creative Writing, Kenya, Langata, Langata Women's Maximum Security prison, Tilda Bowden, Tyger Tyger, William Blake
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    By Kashiana Singh
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    By Rym Kechacha
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