‘Girl Wrapped in Beads‘ is now published by the marvellous Ellipsis Magazine. I have written a few of these ‘Girl…’ vignettes, flash fiction, stories and poems. It started with the 10 Days arts project a few years ago when ‘Girl in a Borrowed Cloak’ was displayed in Winchester Cathedral. Later ‘Girl who Climbed’ was […]

Firstly, it’s a beautiful book to hold and touch, and the cover image by Anna Raspopva, of a stylised olive tree, is striking. Leaves fill the top third of the front cover with no space between them for sky or birds or sun, just leaves crammed in – almost spilling off the cover; just as […]