My 2017 Inspirations
In some previous years I’ve blogged at the end of the year
about my favourite
books of the year. Last year, for
various reasons, I didn’t quite get around to it, so instead I sat down at the
start of 2017 to think about what I’d read (and watched and listened to) in
2016 that I thought would continue to interest and inspire me in the coming
year.
My first inspiring choice is Mimi Thebo. Mimi was one of my tutors on the MA course at
Bath Spa University. I’ve written before
about the haiku
exercise she gave us as part of the Exploration and Experiment module of
the course, and since leaving Bath I’ve followed her career with interest. She’s a perfect example of what she teaches:
her oeuvre includes adult novels (Welcome
to Eudora recalls such beautiful American authors as Fannie Flagg,
Patricia Gaffney and Barbara Kingsolver), children’s
stories (Walker Books) and everything in between. Dreaming
the Bear, released in 2016, may possibly be my favourite book of hers
so far. The h…