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    bench // marks
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    bench // marks

    In February 2021, locked-down and frustrated, I undertook a daily walk to photograph and write about one fixed place, a bench facing onto...
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    The Mundane Goes Weird
    Lynnda
    • May 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Mundane Goes Weird

    A review of Vicky Grut's short story collection 'Live Show: Drink Included' (Holland Park Press, 2018) Published in Glasgow Review of...
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    Reads of 2018
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Reads of 2018

    First published in Glasgow Review of Books The best reading experiences are journeys; books that move you from one place to another,...
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    No Honourable Goddamn Stereotypes
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Jul 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    No Honourable Goddamn Stereotypes

    My review on Glasgow Review of Books of Leo Zeilig's rich and absorbing novel that moves between London and Zimbabwe. Published by Hope...
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    Writer's Kitchen - Faith & Food
    Lynnda
    • Nov 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Writer's Kitchen - Faith & Food

    November 11th, 4 pm - 6: 30 pm, Soul Food Sisters Cafe, 202 Gallowgate, Glasgow, G1 5DS Join us in our our final workshop in the Writer's...
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    The Writer's Kitchen Feast and Harvest
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Oct 26, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Writer's Kitchen Feast and Harvest

    This month we will be sharing stories and wonderful, exploring Feast & Harvest - those brimming seasonal gluts and the plethora of...
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    Writing your Life: Autumn Memoir Workshops
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Oct 14, 2017
    • 1 min

    Writing your Life: Autumn Memoir Workshops

    Its that time of year again! As the seasons change, it provides a perfect opportunity to reflect and explore our memory and write from...
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    The Writer's Kitchen - Cooking up Stories about Food & Life - sweets!
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Sep 10, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Writer's Kitchen - Cooking up Stories about Food & Life - sweets!

    Sept 30th, Soul Food Sisters, 202 Gallowgate, Glasgow, G1 5DS The latest in a series of workshops exploring our wonderfully complex...
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    AYOW (A Year of Writing)
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Aug 31, 2017
    • 2 min

    AYOW (A Year of Writing)

    In February 2016, I decided that the way to continue writing, to be motivated and to not give up when things got tough, was to find a...
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    The Writer's Kitchen
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Jul 29, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Writer's Kitchen

    I'm really excited to be collaborating with the talented chef, Kawther Luay from Ruzbowl on a new series of creative writing workshops...
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    African Hustle
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Jul 26, 2017
    • 1 min

    African Hustle

    I am delighted that my story 'States of Emergency' (Set in Joburg during the 80s) is published in the latest New Orleans Review -...
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    Lynnda Wardle
    • Sep 11, 2016
    • 1 min

    You have struck women!

    Delighted that this short piece about National Women's Day in South Africa has been published by the Dangerous Women Project See here for...
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    Memories into Memoir - Writing Workshop
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Aug 17, 2016
    • 1 min

    Memories into Memoir - Writing Workshop

    Last year my writing friend June and I hosted a memoir writing workshop. We had a great day sharing stories. There was an intensity to...
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    Revisiting Riviersonderend
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Jul 10, 2016
    • 1 min

    Revisiting Riviersonderend

    When I was around 12 or 13 I travelled with my father back to his birthplace, a farm in Riviersonderend in the North Cape (translated...
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    Life Writing Workshop
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Oct 26, 2015
    • 1 min

    Life Writing Workshop

    Life Writing Workshop Saturday 28th November.10am-4pm. ‘The Practice’ 17 Park Circus Place, G3 6AH Last month I attended the Memoir...
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    Impressions of a week at Moniack Mhor
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Sep 25, 2015
    • 4 min

    Impressions of a week at Moniack Mhor

    Memoir Course - Moniack Mhor – Sept 2015 Memoir Course - Moniack Mhor – Sept 2015 In September I attended the Memoir course with Janice...
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    A Widow's Story
    Lynnda Wardle
    • Jun 28, 2015
    • 1 min

    A Widow's Story

    Joyce Carol Oates - Short Review of 'A Widow's Story' I have come to JCO lately, and this memoir is breathtaking in its ability to...
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    Townie
    Lynnda Wardle
    • May 31, 2015
    • 2 min

    Townie

    Andre Dubus III – Townie: A Memoir Let's get this out the way at the start, yes, he is the son of the esteemed short story writer Andre...
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    Anthems and cultural awkwardness
    Lynnda Wardle
    • May 31, 2015
    • 2 min

    Anthems and cultural awkwardness

    I recently attended a book event where two well established young South African writers were reading. Everything proceeded well, until at...
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