Rachel Sambrooks/Bab on Books

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I'm a writer living in Birmingham, UK. I write about freelance life, writing behind the scenes, stand up gigs and ideas for keeping well. We are all Babs.

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About Rachel Sambrooks

Writer of fiction, poetry and stand up comic based in Birmingham, UK. Parent-carer, dog-wrangler, book-lover, story-writer, word-sayer, comedy-worrier-wordier.

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