‘AFTERSHOCK’ WINS THE 2021 PAGE TURNER AWARDS, WRITING AWARD FOR NON-FICTION! “It’s an honour to receive this award for a memoir that was extremely challenging to write. I’m thrilled my work has been recognised, and I dedicate this award to the thousands who died or were affected by the Bam earthquake.” – Ruth Millington I …
‘AFTERSHOCK’ LONGLISTED IN THE 2021 PAGE TURNER AWARDS I’m thrilled to announce that my unpublished memoir, Aftershock, has been longlisted in the international 2021 Writing Award category of the Page Turner Awards. Originally declared a finalist on 7 September, Aftershock, was selected out of 123 finalists to go on the longlist.
‘AFTERSHOCK’ WINS TWO FURTHER AWARDS I’m delighted to announce that my debut memoir, Aftershock, has been honoured with two further literary awards: 2021 Yeovil Literary Prize An extract of Aftershock has been shortlisted in the prestigious 2021 Yeovil Literary Prize, Writing Without Restriction category after initially being longlisted on 15 August 2021. Steve Voake was the judge. …
STAYCATION: YOU MEAN I’M ON HOLIDAY IN MY OWN COUNTRY?! The world is full of buzzwords and travel isn’t exempt. As marketing tools, they are very effective in getting us to try things out although, in reality, the concepts they are promoting are rarely new. The latest to hit the travel scene is the ‘Staycation’ (as …
LOCKDOWN 2: WHEN THE NOVELTY WORE OFF Lockdown 2 has been hard. There’s no denying it. It’s affected everyone in some shape or form. We’ve all had to adapt; we’ve all had to cope; we’ve all had to deal with the frustration of being locked in our homes for an unforeseeable amount of time. I live on my …
WELCOME TO MY NEW WEBSITE! As a writer and a passionate adventure world traveller, I have been inundated over the years with requests to share my fascinating travel tales so I’ve decided to set up my own website and blog. I’ll be sharing with you my journeys as both an explorer and writer as well …
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