In this episode, Caroline Rance and I discuss this book - Still Glides the Stream by Flora Thompson - that both of us could barely believe that we had never read nor heard of before we stumbled across it in a second hand book stall. It really is a special piece of writing, a hybrid of fiction, memoir and ethnography documenting the tales of women and their role in the countryside community in the late Victorian Era until the post-war era with humanity, pragmatism and humour.

We both strongly recommend this book and hope you enjoy our discussion of it. For me, this is a record of why women’s lives have always mattered and as Caroline says in the episode, they were holding everything together!

SHE WROTE TOO - the book.

On a separate note, we had a great time in Brighton launching our book - She Wrote Too: women whose words changed the world. We sold a lot of copies and we ran a really fun workshop encouraging women participants to find their voice - and write!

Our book is available on Amazon. It is suitable for all age groups but is accessible for those age 9 upwards. It provides short biographies of some great women writers and is also an interactive book experience providing prompts for writing, poetry and art - so it is more than your usual book, it’s a space for you to respond.

Our workshop is available for schools, corporations and charities - we can come and visit you. Our website will be live soon so we will let you know about that.

In the meantime, thank you very much for listening. We will be back very soon as we have some great content planned for the following months. Please join us.

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