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Month: December 2022

  • Literary life

The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on December 30, 2022

One of my life’s aims is to swim in as many lakes, rivers, pools and…

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  • Literary life

Dramatisation & reflection

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on December 15, 2022December 16, 2022

Over my many years of teaching creative writing I’ve written a great deal for students…

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New work, in Life Writing

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on December 12, 2022December 17, 2022

As some of you know I’m writing the very last pages of my memoir-biography Raven…

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  • Literary life

The myth of the writer’s garret

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on December 8, 2022May 8, 2023

I declare the ‘writer’s garret’ a myth. By which I mean that the image of…

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Coming up in 2023: workshops, mentoring, books

  • by Jane Messer
  • Posted on December 1, 2022December 2, 2022

Here’s what I’ve got planned for 2023, along with some reflections on the year that’s…

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