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Get to know… Anna Bianchi

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  • May 2, 2025
  • Life Writing
For years I was a shadow artist, supporting others to fulfil their creative dreams while neglecting my own. I was exceptionally good at this task....
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Get to know… Philip Palios

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  • October 27, 2023
  • Creative Writing
The reason I write is another thing that changed this year. Deep in the ‘core belief’ file I threw out my idea of changing people...
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Get to know… Tony Westbrook

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  • July 28, 2023
  • Creative Writing
I was between jobs, and my wife gave me a present of a 6-week course at the Writing Room with Giovanna Iozzi on Life Writing....
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Get to know… Tony Lee

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  • July 14, 2023
  • Creative Writing
I used to think I ran the planet and when I stopped, wondered how the world might get on without me (to be fair, not...
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Get to know… Yasmin Jefferies

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  • April 28, 2023
  • Creative Writing
One of the best metaphors I know for telling stories and making sense of the world comes from looking at stars in the night sky....
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Get to know… Ruth Guthrie

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  • March 10, 2023
  • Creative Writing
Being a Writer – calling myself that – has been so empowering. I have a voice. This is such a profound thing. I felt invisible...
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Get to know Philippa writing as Eva Harlsband…

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  • January 6, 2023
  • Creative Writing
My journey to writing began through writing and performing one woman plays. Today writing historical fiction brings me joy and a creative outlet. It is...
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Get to know… Zawadi Seas Justice

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  • October 28, 2022
  • Creative Writing
“I am an Artist!" It took many years for me to state this out loud and actually feel comfortable with it. I struggled to own...
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Get to know… Alan Weguelin

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  • October 7, 2022
  • Life Writing
In 2016, after living for a year in Ally Pally with my son and Edita my lovely daughter in law, she suggested I join something...
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Get to know… Bev Mukherji

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  • September 23, 2022
  • Creative Writing
Proper writers were rarefied individuals who were never short of inspiration, wrote beautifully constructed sentences with ease and never needed to redraft. It couldn’t possibly...
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