Suzanne Elvidge (she/her)
suzannewriter.bsky.social
Suzanne Elvidge (she/her)
@suzannewriter.bsky.social
Science/medical writer, blogger (The Widow's Handbook), monologues & short fiction

Dancing in Heaven, a collection of women's voices from the 1980s AIDS crisis, out Dec 2025 with Reconnecting Rainbows Press

The B of LGBTQIA+

www.thehouseofcorrection.com
#DancingInHeaven, celebrating #womensvoices from the 1980s #HIV & #AIDS pandemic, launches on 1 December - #WorldAIDSDAY - at Battersea Arts Centre in London at 7 pm. Meet the author and hear some of the monologues performed live.

reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/events/
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today's proud moment - running the very first session of the very first Whitby Literary Festival and reading from my first solo monologue collection, Dancing in Heaven

#Whitby #WhitbyLitFest #Literary
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
So looking forward to running a workshop on Thursday 6 November at the inaugural Whitby Lit Fest. I will guide you through creating a monologue – a story with a single voice – from the idea to the final draft.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo...

#whitby #literature #litfest #WhitbyLitFest
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A peek of the draft cover for Dancing in Heaven, drawn by the amazing illustrator Dee Block. Dancing in Heaven celebrates women's voices in the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis & is due to be published in Dec 2025 by Reconnecting Rainbows Press @reconnectingrainbo.ws
reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/dancingheave...
October 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm a Bookwright!

Bookwright [BUHK-rahyt]
(n.)
- A writer of books; an author.
- A printer or binder of books.
September 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Editing is happening - I even have a spreadsheet. And it's colour-coded.

#ExcelNerd #Writing #DancingInHeaven #HIV #AIDS #WomensVoices
August 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Having a happy time exploring the internet for images for the cover of #DancingInHeaven, from 1980s nursing hats to amazing images from ACTUP Barcelona
August 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mr Farsyde and the Drying Grounds - a monologue based on a news story from 1864 from #RobinHoodsBay in #NorthYorkshire

Well. I'm so cross I don't know what to do with myself. You will never guess what that Mr Farsyde has done now.

Read more... www.thehouseofcorrection.com/home/mr-fars...
May 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The house can seem dark and quiet after the tree and the decorations come down - these are some of the things I've done to make the winter seem less dark

www.thewidowshandbook.com/home/in-the-...
January 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sitting at my new (to me) desk listening to an 80s soundtrack and writing a monologue about a woman losing her female lover to AIDS. Storm Storm Bert is hurling itself along the Yorkshire coast. While the subject is sad I'm in my happy place.
November 23, 2024 at 1:05 PM