Socks for Supper by Jack Kent is my favourite children's book from my childhood. I can't tell you the first time I read it, or perhaps, the first time it was read to me. I can't tell you where I first felt and held and loved the copy I had...or even when it mysteriously disappeared… Continue reading Socks for Supper
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
When The Words Don’t…
There are many sounds at a funeral. Last night, I heard bursts of laughter, whispers between colleagues and friends. I heard noses blown and one chorus of "Hallelujah' (by Leonard Cohen, performed by Jeff Buckley) when for a few seconds, a soft silence filled the room. The room was filled with people for two hours… Continue reading When The Words Don’t…
You know you’re a writer when
You are constantly thinking of book titles. They come to you whilst you're driving to get your kids, for example. You're thinking about something that happened in your life, and a title for a chapbook, say, or even a full-length poetry collection swoops into your movie mind. Thick black helvetica letters in bold: BREAK-UPS FOR… Continue reading You know you’re a writer when
VANESSA SHIELDS 