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Fear of…

What fears have you overcome and how? The dentist: by facing my fear head on and getting the work done. Even though the dentist I trusted let me down, I feel as though the part of me that had a quite literal existential fear has healed. Not being liked: the more ‘myself’ I become the […]

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Pulling weeds.

Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. A year ago we bought a house. The previous owners had been very fond of their lawn and had top dressed to the point that the grass was covering the damp course. I organised a landscaper to come in and scrape away the […]

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Alia Henry

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? When I wrote , my second novel , Alia Henry and the Ghost Writer I wasn’t aware how much I desperately wanted to be like my sassy main character. She’s Fleabag without the self-hate. She’s Lizzie Bennett without the […]

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