Tag: Laura Wilkinson

• Public Battles, Private Wars – Writing, Motherhood & Laura Wilkinson’s new novel

  Following on from yesterday’s consideration of the challenges of a parent-writer, today we have a guest post from Laura Wilkinson who’s new novel Public Battles, Private Wars about a family, and particularly the women involved at the time of the 1980s miners strike in Britain is just out. With great depth of character and dealing…

  alisonwells

  May 13, 2014

  Uncategorized

  creativity, Laura Wilkinson, motherhood, Private Wars, Public Battles

• Review of Bloodmining by Laura Wilkinson

  With the emotional resonance of a Maggie O’ Farrell and hints of Ishiguro’s Never let me go, Bloodmining is a vivid and believable rendering of a familiar but crucially altered near future.  A compelling debut novel from Laura Wilkinson that I read in one sitting, this is well worth the read. Over the course of…

  alisonwells

  June 3, 2013

  Book reviews, Books and Authors

  Bloodmining, Laura Wilkinson, review

• The Tuesday Interview: Laura Wilkinson Author of ‘Bloodmining’.

  In March earlier this year I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Wilkinson, mum to two boys for my mother writer series. In November 2010, Laura, who grew up in a Welsh market town and currently lives in Brighton won the debut novel competition run by independent publishers Bridgehouse with her novel Bloodmining. Bloodmining was…

  alisonwells

  December 13, 2011

  Books and Authors

  Bloodmining, Bridgehouse, Laura Wilkinson

• Mother Writer Interview: Laura Wilkinson

  Laura Wilkinson grew up in a Welsh market town and as a child was a voracious reader. She has a BA in literature and worked as a freelance journalist, editor and copywriter. Her first novel Bloodmining, the story of a young woman’s quest to uncover the truth about her origins to save her son’s life, …

  alisonwells

  March 27, 2011

  mother writer interviews

  Blood Mining, Bridgehouse, Head space, Laura Wilkinson, Mother writer