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Creative writing, poetry & wellbeing: sharing ideas & research on how to find the self on the page.

About Rebecca Hurst

Writer, opera maker, & illustrator. Researcher at the University of Manchester. Author of The Foxโ€™s Wedding. Rider on the slow train. She/her. ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿฆ‹

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