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Stalkbook – The Story So Far
Thanks to the enthusiastic audience and the talented young people who helped me bring the themes of my latest novel(la) to life, the official launch on Halloween night last week was much fun and a great success. The story revolves around six student friends and a...
Now For Something Completely Different
Da-da! Announcing the arrival of my new novel Stalkbook (novella actually.) Bit of a digression from my previous novels. After treading a tightrope between sinister and salacious with my previous novel Blue Is The Object I decided to write a Mystery/Romance for...
National Relaxation Day
A (very) short poem I wrote whilst relaxing today.. ©PamelaTurton 2018
Weinstein Et Al and Why I Wrote ‘Blue Is The Object’
A clue to one of the main themes of my fourth and most recent novel (published May this year) lies in the title: Objectification. I'd say the seeds of this novel were sown in the 'Noughties' when my Inner Prude grew increasingly discomforted by the apparent creeping...
National Poetry Day 2017 – On Freedom
'Tongue-in-cheek' poem inspired by the Poetry Day theme and my frustration with the extremist behaviour of the political far right and left. Free-Fighting Nothing raises radical hackles More than those in moral shackles Making the choice to remain bereft Of...
It’s Autumn Already
As usual I still have that 'waiting for summer to happen' feeling, then the first sweet smells of damp decay hit me, and I can't deny it anymore. Here's a poem I wrote a long time ago: Game Bird in Autumn Watch the rocking-fool gait Of cock-pheasant; his...