Well this was fun!
, for those not yet fortunate enough to have read her remarkable books, is a Sunday Times Bestselling author and the mother of five children. Her latest, The Giant on the Skyline, is a reflection on home, the landscape and what connects us to where we are, and to celebrate its release in paperback Clover kindly asked me to join her in talking about writing, motherhood, creativity and why we persist in doing this thoroughly illogical job.I loved speaking with her; we ran over the time we thought we’d chat for (I suspected as much) and all but agreed to do this again some time. Some 200 of you joined in, and I could feel the warmth of it reverberate even through the screen. If you missed it, or wanted to catch up again, here you are! A Friday treat.
last week on savour
more on writing
a solstice retreat
If January’s writing + drawing retreat had been about woodsmoke and napping and gentleness, then its next iteration - taking place at Pye Corner House between June 17 and 19th - has galvanisation at its core.
memory
Increasingly, I feel overwhelmed by my memories. This time last year I was nearing six months of pregnancy and it’s only now that I can begin to remember what my body felt like when the baby was inside it.
dungeness
Nobody has taught me how to write a book, which means that for the past year I have found myself grasping at abstract understandings of shoulds and shouldn’ts that I think I must have gathered from pop culture’s flotsam and the few friends generous enough to share the inner workings of their process.
Share this post