The Healing Word

The Healing Word

What do we mean by ‘poetry and healing’? Do poets write because it makes them feel better? Are there differences between the experiences or needs of writers and readers? What’s the point of writing in health care?

The Self on the Page (editor with Celia Hunt)

The Self on the Page (editor with Celia Hunt)

Examining the potential of creative writing as a therapeutic tool, particularly in terms of its influence on the self and personal development, The Self on the Page is divided into two parts.

Picasso’s Men

Picasso’s Men

In her first collection Fiona Sampson immediately establishes her own distinctive territory – an unsafe ground that can be surveyed only by constantly shifting perspective. The language is readily able to follow these shifts, so that the reader becomes caught up with...