Trauma and Beauty and Lao women's textiles

I haven’t sent a newsletter for a while, but there are a couple of things I wanted to share with you today.

Firstly, I'm delighted that In Her Nature has been shortlisted for The Great Outdoors magazine's Readers' Awards (in the Outdoor Book or Writer of the Year Award category). The winner is determined by online voting, so if you enjoyed my book and have time to vote (and even to cajole friends and family into voting), I'd be so so grateful. The link is here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/TGOawards2024/

Secondly, today is the 2nd anniversary of my husband’s suicide. That day, plus the time before & after, are preserved in me as a core of pure horror. I find it very difficult to write about, partly because many aspects have to remain private, and also because I’ve come to di…