When I was applying for publishing jobs, like most Publishing Hopefuls, I thought there was only one thing I could do – become an Editor. Well, the reality is far from it! Currently, I’m a Publicity & Admin Assistant at Penguin Random House, specifically the Penguin Press division which includes the iconic Penguin Classics and Penguin Modern Classics imprints, as well as Allen Lane, Particular and Pelican books. Come see what a day in my life is like!
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Gender Euphoria – MINI REVIEW
Gender Euphoria is a collection of stories about gender, by trans, non-binary and intersex people across a range of professions and ages. What this anthology does, is show two things. Firstly, that the issue of gender dysphoria and subtle discrimination, can basically be anywhere. Hearing people talk about their experiences with being of a non-cisContinue reading “Gender Euphoria – MINI REVIEW”
Agora-poetry: day #11 [FINALE]
Click here to read about the Agora-Poetry series! The final Agora-Poetry post! Wow! Thank you so much to everyone who’s come along with me for the journey. And, speaking of people who came along with me for the journey, on the final day of this challenge, I decided to go on an outing with myContinue reading “Agora-poetry: day #11 [FINALE]”
Agora-poetry: day #10
Click here to read about the Agora-Poetry series! On the penultimate day of this challenge, much of what I learnt over the past ten days had culminated into this powerful force of positivity. It was as if this energy had lain dormant within me and had re-surfaced. In turn, I felt this wave wash overContinue reading “Agora-poetry: day #10”
Agora-poetry: day #9
Click here to read about the Agora-Poetry series! A good cup of tea can solve almost any problem, or at least, for me it can. Except, on this day, I didn’t have any problems. Not that I wouldn’t have drunk at least 20 cups of my favourite green tea anyways, but there was nothing inContinue reading “Agora-poetry: day #9”
Ahhhh~
this tea, was made byso many hands,i cannot count them alleach leaf gently kissedeach finger and as i sip,each of theirnameless handsdissolves oneach of my tastebudswith a satisfying ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Agora-poetry: day #8
Click here to read about the Agora-Poetry series! Hello everyone! I’m sorry for disappearing on you all of a sudden. I came down a bad case of food poisoning on Wednesday, and my energy levels were essentially zapped for the rest of the week. If you’d like to keep up to date with everything happeningContinue reading “Agora-poetry: day #8”
Anxiety Retold: A Haiku, Part #2
now, you are a friend,old anxiety, present,breathing out, lightly.
Agora-poetry: day #7
Click here to read about the Agora-Poetry series! At the beginning of this challenge, I had a very Romantic image of what my day-to-day would look like. Perched on a bench at my local park, legs crossed ever so slightly to indicate I am in fact a ~writer~ as I scribble away in my notebook,Continue reading “Agora-poetry: day #7”
On Rest
let me tell you the secrets of my day, the whispers of warmthwho greeted me in the morning,who returned only when the nighthad swallowed the sun. in the spacesleftbetween them, my day lay, and stretched hercat-like selfacross every hour, minute, and second,grazing on the clock-handsI fed her. quietly,when no-one waslistening, I stole them, to endContinue reading “On Rest”
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