I’m twenty-four and live in a multi-generational household in south-west London. I was a law student who wrote stories for my own enjoyment, and always dreamed of being a writer, but never really saw it as something I could pursue. When the pandemic hit in my last year of university. I used money I hadContinue reading “Zohra Nabi”
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Essie Fox
Hello, I’m Essie Fox, and it’s lovely to be here on the Books By Your Bedside blog. I was born in Herefordshire and left home at eighteen to study English Literature at Sheffield University. From there, I moved to London where I worked for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine, and then the publishers Allen & UnwinContinue reading “Essie Fox”
Samantha Baines
Samantha Baines is an award-winning comedian, actress, broadcaster and a bestselling author of non-fiction, and children’s fiction. She is a deaf activist and wears hearing aids, and often creates deaf protagonists, such as in Harriet Versus the Galaxy, and The Night the Moon Went Out. In 2023, she published Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness,Continue reading “Samantha Baines”
Alecia Gabrielle
Alecia Gabrielle is an American poet and member of the Mississippi Poetry Society. Having written poetry since she was 12 years old, Alecia’s debut collection Afterglow Effect was released in 2020 – a second edition was published earlier this year. In 2023, she released Man-Made Motion Sickness. She has new projects in the works, andContinue reading “Alecia Gabrielle”
Gail Aldwin
Novelist, poet and scriptwriter, Gail Aldwin has been writing for over a decade. Her first two coming-of-age novels were shortlisted in the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2020 and 2022. Gail was awarded a creative writing PhD in 2018 and still laughs whenever she’s called Doctor Gail. She has appeared at Bridport Literary Festival, StockholmContinue reading “Gail Aldwin”
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