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- Big Baby, single work short story
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Ceridwen Dovey and Eliza Bell Mothertongues,
single work
review
— Review of Mothertongues 2022 single work prose ;'Almost the first thing you find in Mothertongues is a QR code to the soundtrack that singer–songwriter Keppie Coutts created to be part of the reading experience. This work, co-written by Ceridwen Dovey and Eliza Bell, is in a category all its own, exploring the living concept of motherhood across a multitude of forms that move from whisper to cacophony, from tragedy to hysteria. It’s sweet and sour. Ivory tower academic meets music hall meets melody.' (Introduction)
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Paddy O’Reilly Other Houses,
single work
review
— Review of Other Houses 2022 single work novel ;'In her visceral, compassionate 2017 biography The Trauma Cleaner, Sarah Krasnostein prodded open doors we prefer to keep shut. She detailed the life and work of Sandra Pankhurst, founder of Specialised Trauma Cleaning Services. Cleaner and biographer scattered the rats, toppled the piles of hoarded newspapers and found the bodies of people who died alone.' (Introduction)