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LatestManda’s New Novel: Mapping the ways to a future we’d be proud to leave behind
Writing this new book…if I hadn’t spent nearly three years hosting the podcast and talking to people about exactly these ideas, I wouldn’t have had a clue where to start. Even so, the journey has taken me to places, and ways of being, I’d never encountered before.
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LatestWhy we need Thrutopias…
Imagine a future where our great grandchildren look back and say, ‘Yes, it was hard. Yes, they made mistakes. Yes, they left it way, way too late, but that was because they didn’t know what to do. And my goodness, when they had the visions, they threw themselves into making them happen. And we’re here now, living lives we love, because they took the risk to change the way things worked...
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LatestOn Prizes and what they Mean
I thought that winning the McIlvanney Prize would be one of the proudest moments of my life. Sharing it with my fellow short-listers felt better. Find out how it happened....
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LatestFay Weldon: a visionary teacher who lifted my writing to a publishable point.
Fay is one of the three individuals who helped me make the shift to a writing life. She gave me three key nuggets of writing advice...

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