#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/

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

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

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...

I'm a Bookwright!

Bookwright [BUHK-rahyt]
(n.)
- A writer of books; an author.
- A printer or binder of books.

Editing is happening - I even have a spreadsheet. And it's colour-coded.

#ExcelNerd #Writing #DancingInHeaven #HIV #AIDS #WomensVoices

Having a happy time exploring the internet for images for the cover of #DancingInHeaven, from 1980s nursing hats to amazing images from ACTUP Barcelona

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...

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-...

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.