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Kathleen Jowitt

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Kathleen Jowitt was born in Winchester and grew up deep in the Welsh Marches and, subsequently, on the Isle of Wight. After completing her undergraduate degree in English Literature at the University of Exeter she moved to Guildford and found herself working for a major trade union.

She now lives in Cambridgeshire, works in London, and writes on the train. Her stories are about people who sort their own heads out and learn that they are, on the whole, not nearly such terrible human beings as they thought they were. Speak Its Name (2016) explores Christianity and sexual identity in the context of student life and politics, and was the first self-published novel ever shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize. Her new book, A Spoke in the Wheel, wa ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Kathleen Jowitt I roll with it. Rather than force myself to write something that isn't cooperating, I turn my attention to something else - which might be a different…moreI roll with it. Rather than force myself to write something that isn't cooperating, I turn my attention to something else - which might be a different piece of written work, or might be catching up on reading, or going for a long walk, or wandering around an art gallery, or painting my toenails.

After a few weeks I read through the uncooperative project again. More often than not, that shakes something loose and I can pick up where I left off.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Kathleen Jowitt The opportunity to work through any problem, or explore any scenario, or even indulge any daydream. I become the (usually, but not always, benevolent)…moreThe opportunity to work through any problem, or explore any scenario, or even indulge any daydream. I become the (usually, but not always, benevolent) deity of my own world - and then I share it.

And it's the cheapest form of art. Exercise books are cheap and words are free. I've been collecting them all my life I find them lying around in the street, in the library, from the internet, and take them home and use them. I can use as many of them as I like and discard as many of them as I like. Nothing is wasted - no experience, nothing I've written. Even if it doesn't make it into the final text, it's still useful.(less)

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	Speak Its Name (Stancester, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 42 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	C.A.T.S.: Cycling Across Time and Space by Elly Blue (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessie Kwak (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kathleen Jowitt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Real World (Stancester, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spoke In The Wheel 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upstaged: An Anthology of Queer Women and the Performing Arts by Aila Alvina Boyd, Renee Young, Marolyn Krasner (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rainbow Bouquet by Farah Mendlesohn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Harry Robertson, Edward Ahern (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speak Its Name by Kathleen Jowitt (2016-01-22) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Unapologetic (Francis Spufford). I’d always been put off by the subtitle (‘why, despite everything, Christianity still makes surprising emotional sense’) but once I’d picked this up found it much more personal (and more readable) than I’d expected. It’s not Mere Christianity, it’s much swearier and it isn’t seeking to persuade through logic, or to argue (except when it can’t resis

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The Virago Book of Spirituality: Of Women and Angels

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