A creative writing toolkit for healing, disrupting injustice, and for hopeA book of creative writing exercises to help breathe life into vital issues, to strengthen the brain, the heart, and fuel the struggle.Find ideas and inspiration, link the personal with the political, make sense of the chaos, humanise, and extract meaning. Use the exercises to process the horror and work through emotions and transform them into something meaningful, beautiful, or usef...

A seventy-three-year-old homeless refugee performs unnoticed magic and acts of quiet heroism. No one imagines that she will turn the world upside down.La Tortuga arrives in Mexico City longing for just one thing; her own bed. But the concrete-skinned city is steeped in the pain of colonisation, exploitation and corruption. She must join its weary inhabitants who persevere, as their heritage and memories infuse them all with an urge to survive.As La Tortuga pursues ...

A seventy-three-year-old homeless refugee performs unnoticed magic and acts of quiet heroism. No one imagines that she will turn the world upside down.La Tortuga arrives in the surreal wreckage of Mexico City longing for just one thing; her own bed. But the concrete-skinned city is steeped in the pain of colonisation, exploitation and corruption. She must join its broken and weary inhabitants who persevere, as their culture's vivid colours and memories infuse them all with...

Thanks to media, advertising, and entertainment messaging, children as young as three are developing body image issues.The Beauty Rules of Flowertownwas written to help three- to seven-year-old girls understand that there is no perfect or ideal face or body. It is also an important story for boys who are under pressure to be "masculine" and to judge or mistreat girls, or who are also dealing with messaging about dieting and appearance. Even adults can benefit from this pow...