reading

  • Writing the Horrors: A New Kind of Creative Writing Workshop

    Enter The Sinister Worlds of Shirley Jackson… What is Gothic literature? How can we create dark atmospheres and complex characters without falling into stereotype and cliché? How does Shirley Jackson make the mundane so sinister? Join me to answer these questions and write a creepy short story of your very own. Write Gothic Literature with

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  • Bridging Arts and Law: A Unique Perspective

    Quite the surreal experience, attending a law conference. I presented a paper which was a collaboration with Dr Hannah Baumeister. (We became friends after I worked as her research assistant on the Drawing on Forced Marriage: Teaching Tough Topics Through Comics project.) Our paper (‘Fatal Words of Consent’: On Marriage and the Law in Wilkie

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  • Why Read Books When The World Is On Fire?

    I think I know what you think I’m going to say. I’m going to tell you about the studies that show that reading fiction increases compassion and empathy for others. By reading literature, you are given access to the lived experiences of diverse people: characters from different cultures, body types, ethnicities, even moments in history.

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