diary

Seating Arrangements – from Let Me Know When You’re Home: Stories of Female Friendship

Read a short story by Sara Sherwood, following old friends at a dinner party. and originally published in Let Me Know When You're Home. Read More

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Creative Non-Fiction

Burning a Diary

'No one is proud of who they were at 13.' Amina Razzack goes through the transformative process of burning an old diary. Read More

5 years ago

Fiction

THE DIARY| When Julia comes home for Christmas, she decides to destroy her teenage diaries. But in doing so she comes face-to-face with her former self – and who she still is. A short story by Flora Willis.

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5 years ago

Essay

Dear Diary

Did you keep a diary? Emer O'Toole's diary entries were sporadic, scented and stuffed with memory. Here, she tells us their power. Read More

6 years ago

desire

Old Loves

In this piece of fiction in the form of a diary entry, Carys Crossen investigates the pursuit of old desires Read More

6 years ago

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