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Historical Writers Association Short Story Competition

Posted on Oct 1, 2019 by Hannah
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Just do it!

Posted on Jun 18, 2019 by Hannah
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The Kite and the String

Posted on Apr 27, 2019 by Hannah
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Regeneration (reading-as-a-writer 11)

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram My interest – indeed, my passion – for the #GreatWar started with Jeremy Paxton’s Great Britain’s Great War (2014), after which Testament of Youth made me cry and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Sherston’s … Continue reading →

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The honest editor and cognitive bias

Posted on Sep 11, 2018 by Hannah

In a previous life, I facilitated training sessions on managing obstetric emergencies; clinical skills, teamwork, leadership, decision-making and so on. One of the features of effective decision-making is the awareness of cognitive biases and so we discussed the problems that … Continue reading →

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Testament of Mary (reading-as-a-writer 9)

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram I had to read Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin (2012) twice; the first time to get to the end of a gripping story, the second time to read the words. In between sittings, I … Continue reading →

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A Whole Life (reading-as-a-writer 8)

Posted on Aug 7, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram I really don’t want to write about A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (trans. Charlotte Collins 2015). I’m afraid I won’t do justice to it – or that thinking too hard about this exquisite book … Continue reading →

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Field Service (reading-as-a-writer 7)

Posted on Aug 7, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram I first read Field Service by Robert Edric a year ago as part of my research into the aftermath of the #GreatWar. I reread it this week as a writer. This is the first book … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn (reading-as-a-writer 6)

Posted on Aug 7, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram I didn’t want to read Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín because 1950s, small-town, Irish emigre, coming-of-age stories are really not my thing. (Plus, although I loved the clothes I found the film pretty insipid.) Then a … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Revisited (reading-as-a-writer 5)

Posted on Aug 7, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram I’ve just reread ‘Brideshead Revisited’ by Evelyn Waugh (1945) because I really didn’t appreciate the brilliance of this novel when I read it a decade or so ago. It feels mean-spirited to condense such bounty … Continue reading →

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