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  • Have I run out of Words?July 9, 2026 - 9:42 pm
  • Article about The River Days of Rosie Crow in Eastern Daily PressMarch 26, 2026 - 3:02 pm
  • A History of Understanding in Nine and a Half StepsSeptember 25, 2025 - 10:22 am

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✪ Author, activist & dreamer - catching stories in my net, one at a time. Also @norwichwritersrebel ✪
Time away with my loves 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 And a joy to meet Time away with my loves 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 And a joy to meet with @miksibee in Brussels ❤️
So lovely to see my latest novel in @thegigglygoat So lovely to see my latest novel in @thegigglygoat - get yourself down there on Lower Goat Lane in Norwich for some wonderful gifts by local makers. #theriverdaysofrosiecrow #rebeccastonehill #thegigglygoat #norwichlanes
Summer 2026 Reading List! The first picture is my Summer 2026 Reading List! The first picture is my summer reading list, the second is my 18 year old daughter’s @lily_catarina_ (No prizes for guessing what her passion is 😅). Happy to see in her pile a little mama support too, ha ha. 📚 I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman. This is my current read. My dear friend Wren @renemaggiepetersen (with whom I have a shared passion for all things bookish) insisted I read this. It is extraordinary. Why is this novel not more in the public consciousness? 📚I gave you eyes and you looked towards darkness by Irene Solá. This was chosen by my oldest friend as part of our online book club which has been going since lockdown. We are a group of women from the UK, Norway, Kenya and the Netherlands and I really look forward to our discussions. This novel is translated from Catalan and looks great. 📚 Long Island by Colm Tóibín. I adored the book that this is the sequel to, Brooklyn, and can’t wait to dive into the next instalment in the life of Eilis. 📚There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak. Gifted by the wonderful @carboncyclekate earlier this year, I am a huge Shafak fan and am also obsessed with all things rivers these days, so really cannot wait for this one. 📚 Love, Anger & Betrayal by Jonathon Porritt. In contrast to the Shafak novel, I can’t deny that I’m not hugely looking forward to this book by @loveangerbetrayal but at the same time, it feels so important to read. And I know I owe it to the young people whose stories and voices fill these pages. George Monbiot says of it: ‘Magnificent and crucial. A lodestone for all we believe in.’ As an extreme heat dome settles across Europe in the coming days, reading this has never felt so urgent or apt. 📚On the Marsh by Simon Barnes Because I love a local book, and this one, with its strap line of ‘A year surrounded by wildness and wet’ sounds delightful. The author tends 8 acres of marshland in Norfolk that backs on to his house along with his son Eddie, who has Down’s Symdrome, helping transform it into a thriving wildlife habitat. Have you read any of these books? What did you think? And are you reading anything good at the moment?
Remember their voices. Remember their stories. ✨ Remember their voices. Remember their stories. ✨ Inspired by the popular, long-running radio show, Desert Island Discs, I wanted to let you know a little about my new little business, Lighthouse Lullabies which I am inviting people to be interviewed for. Rather than being castaways on a Desert Island, guests will be high on a cliff top above the crashing waves, sequestered alone in a lighthouse where they guide the ships and boats in and out of a safe harbour. From there, I will interview people about their lives and, just like Desert Island Discs, music will be pre-chosen to represent significant moments or periods of one’s life. Alongside music, there is also the option of choosing special places, poems or works of art. Record your voice and memories as a precious keepsake, either for yourself or for your loved ones. Please just DM me for more information. Beautiful artwork by my friend @artivist65 who is available for commissions. ✨ 'Rebecca’s interview felt more like a conversation with a friend recalling happy childhood memories.’ Dee, Interviewee December 2025 ‘Listening to this brought me so much joy. My mum told stories I’d never heard, the music she chose captured her life so beautifully and knowing we have this for my daughter, her own children (and for me) in the future to listen to is the perfect family keepsake. Rebecca handled the interview beautifully, both in the creation process as well as the finished product.’ Amelia, daughter of Dee Rebecca’s invention of Lighthouse Lullabies is a tour-de-force. My experience of this extremely well-organised and sensitively conducted opportunity to recount my life story was revealing, and a work of art in itself. Rebecca was curious about my life, and her gentle, questioning manner made the joint enterprise a truly creative endeavour. Thank you, Rebecca.’ Pamela, Interviewee March 2026 as a celebration of her 90th Birthday
I have a super early bird discount until the end o I have a super early bird discount until the end of May on thr next Climate, Nature & Life writing course I will be starting in September! This will be the fifth online course I am teaching and I have been humbled and inspired by the incredible community that has been built through it. Of course nothing replaces meeting in person, but this has allowed people to participate from all over the world, from the UK to Slovenia to the US to Gaza to Canada. For more information, there is a link in my bio-just pop your email in the link and I can send you more details and testimonials. ✨
Next Tuesday I will be at Aylsham Library from 1.3 Next Tuesday I will be at Aylsham Library from 1.30-3pm to read from The River Days of Rosie Crow, talk about the inspiration behind the book and welcome others to share their river-based writing they have created over the past weeks of our Writing the River workshops. Do please come along to what will be a lovely afternoon. #aylsham #aylshamnorfolk #writingworkshop #riverwriting #theriverdaysofrosiecrow
Friends in the East! You are warmly invited to th Friends in the East! You are warmly invited to this event next month, it is always a wonderful evening, filled with solidarity, poetry, music, words, cake and new connections. There are still a couple of spaces left also if you’d like to perform on themes of earth care, community, the climate and ecological crises, anti-fascism etc Link for tickets in bio ✨ Wheeelchair accessible
I am going to be running a series of 3 ‘Writing th I am going to be running a series of 3 ‘Writing the River’ workshops at Aylsham Library the next three Tuesdays on May 5, 12 and 19 at 1.30-3pm in conjunction with the release of The River Days of Rosie Crow. Absolutely no previous writing experience is needed and I would love to see you there. For more information and booking please go to my bio 💦 ✍🏼
I would love it if you could join me for this on F I would love it if you could join me for this on Friday ~ it will be a relaxed, accessible evening to celebrate the launch of my novel, with guest writers @lucy.paget and poet Elizabeth Dunford. Please DM me if you’d like to come along! ✨ #authorsofinstagram #historicalfiction #bookssetinnorfolk #onlinebooklaunch #onlinebooklaunchevent
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