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Fifteen Minutes I’d waited ages for that night – a general hum of excitement started in my local book group on Facebook, and soon we’d organised a small event. It’s nothing many people would call ‘interesting’ – one of my favourite authors was releasing a new book, Anna, so I’d posted trying to gauge general interest.…
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ANNA She awoke, dreary, on the towpath of a wooded area, her hands and shirt stained with blood. Anna wearily made her way to an upright position, careful not to topple over. She was weak – and she had no recollection of how or why she was here. The young woman donned her weekday work…
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2 Years ago today, after countless hours of writing and research, I finally got to visit Antwerp in the flesh. As a teenager, I was internet friends with someone who lived just outside of Antwerp; they’d send me pictures, I’d have a Google, and I thought it was just so stunning. Cue me, at 15,…
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As a bit of a backstory, I grew up writing short stories, spending a lot of my teenage years on Wattpad and AO3 (I know, I know), so always dreamt of being able to write something that people would deem worthy of reading. When I got to University, in a city I wasn’t familiar with,…
Alisha Dempsey 