by Liz Champion | Aug 31, 2018 | Memoir
I JUMP out of bed, race to the door and start screaming. Someone is coming to murder me. I scream louder. I’m so loud I wake myself up. “What’re you doing?” Chris is sitting bolt upright, blinking, looking a little startled. My heart is thudding in my...
by Liz Champion | Aug 24, 2018 | Memoir
IT is Wednesday and the traffic is crawling along. It is only the third day back after our two-week holiday and already the 60-mile daily commute is bringing out the worst in me. I sit in my uncomfortable car and make my way slowly down the M1 in first gear. It takes...
by Liz Champion | Jan 26, 2018 | Books
I WENT to hear Jon McGregor read from his latest novel, Reservoir 13, on Wednesday night at Waterstones Sheffield. In the year since the book launched, it’s won the 2017 Costa Novel Award, been longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize, and shortlisted for the...
by Liz Champion | Jan 11, 2018 | Life
ADMITTEDLY, I’m a bit late to the party with this. The 18 For 2018 idea has been doing the rounds in the blogging community, and I’ve been so busy reading other people’s plans for the year, that I’ve not really thought about my own. The 18 FOR...
by Liz Champion | Jan 3, 2018 | Writing
I’ve decided to revive this blog! It is the new year after all and everyone, myself included, is full of enthusiasm for their new year’s resolutions. I’ve done this before, of course, back in January 2016, when I made the resolution to write a weekly...
