My fourth novel – currently being edited:
After twenty years apart, two teenage sweethearts are unexpectedly reunited – now amidst the terror and devastation of war, they must learn to survive together, or alone.
Once upon a detour
My second novel. Written in 2023 for a YA audience as part of my MA project. Currently being edited.
Word of the Week: transubstantiation
The changing of one substance into another (often with allusion to sense 2 below.)
The conversion in the Eucharist of the whole substance of the bread into the body and of the wine into the blood of Christ, only the appearances (and other ‘accidents’) of bread and wine remaining: according to the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Goldfinch
If there is one book on my shelf that I cannot help myself coming back to now and again, it’s Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Goldfinch. Not just a book which references a beautiful work of art – but a beautiful work of art itself – a true masterpiece of literary fiction.
I heard the word of a blurred bird
The English language is such a funny thing! The title of this blog post “I heard the word of a blurred bird” is just one example of how tricksy our language can be. Heard, word, blurred, bird all rhyme with one another yet, use different vowels […]