I See Through You

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Aleksandra (Senja) Andrejevic is a Senior Lecturer in Dramatic Writing at the University of Gloucestershire. Her short prose has been published in The Lampeter Review, The Wrong Quarterly, Scrutiny Journal, The Dawntreader, Literary Mama, Brain, Child, Storgyand other magazines. In 2019, Aleksandra was awarded funding by Arts Council England, through their National Lottery Project Grant, for her play HALF.She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing with University of Gloucestershire, where she's currently in the final stages of her PhD. She has recently completed her first novel and is represented by Llorella Belli Literary Agency in London. Tes Asfaw Daisy McNally is a forty-something mother and PhD student of creative writing dividing time between Oxford and Lymington. I SEE THROUGH YOU was begun on the MA at Bath Spa Uni. Tell us about your book. There are no set texts but wewill focus on, althoughnot be limited to, works written by and about women: First finisher (female) was Charlotte Towers in 19:22 (10th),then Helen Stansfield in 20:33 (15th) and Penny Thorn in 21:07 (21st)

I came to live in a city five years ago and felt foreign and uneasy for the first twelve months and the best part of the next. Of course, cities are busy places and that was not unexpected. It just seemed that all the all the busy-ness was connected; whether those I came across were school mothers, academics, pub-owners, artists, I felt as though everyone and everything was linked, and I was an outsider. We had 37 first timers this week,either running with is for the first time or visiting us(I heard West London mentioned in the briefing) We look forward to seeing you again next week or the next time you are in the area.We hope you enjoyed running with us today.Our first timers this week were Jamie Rutherford,David Hallida,Dave Lehmann,James Whittaker, Brian Parrington,Sarah Pitt,Gary Jones,James Moore,Daisy Ball,Ewan Brett,Adam Valentine,Anne Kelly,Annie Lehmann,Rebecca McAlees,Joanne Yorke,Chloe Scott,Oliver Yorke,Jenny Staples,Anna Philpott,Dermot Carroll, Eleanor Smith,Ikechukwu Emenike,John Klepka,Simon Smith,Sarah Lewis,Helen Johnson,Laura Scott,Maisie Yorke,Isla Yorke,Janey Quigley,Beth O`Connell,Beki Smith,Stephanie Gawne,Sandra Fletcher,Sharon Gargan,Rebecca Moore, Chris Moore,Elaine Moore

Every day until Christmas Eve I’ll be introducing you to an author whose debut novel came out this year. Today it’s Daisy McNally. About Daisy McNally Hello and welcome to (INSERT HERE - record breaking) Birkenhead parkrun. Number 230 saw us reach 793! The funnel double tape thing made its debut and we had 4 scanners. Thanks for your help in the funnel and although there is no core team pub based review planned of today,we think it went well.It was a wonderful sight watching the start from the finish funnel and seeing you all come down the road and then wind (rhyme with mind not er,wind) your way around the park.

All our pb getters are due a mention today.They are Nik Galloway,James Hartwell,Jac Chapman,Elaine Sargent,Rhys Roberts,Mark Hyland,John Hemmings,Catherine Burke, Arvind Mahendran,Matthew Green,Fiona Bradbury,Daniel Kerrigan,Hilary Sanders, Stephanie Watts,Liz Jones,Aiden Hampson,Aaren Hampson,Alix Gardiner,Colin Orr, Julie Crowder. Skye has finally met someone she can trust. A holiday romance, of all things. But you know when something real comes along, when it’s meant to be. Don’t you? A week after returning home, and Johnny has disappeared. He hasn’t called or returned her messages.Our first finisher (male) was Phil Langan who ran 16:28,next was William Richardson,a first timer with us today.His time was 17:09 and Steven Leslie ran 17:56. Of course, my character Skye isn’t perfect, and she gets a lot of things wrong. Above all, she makes the mistake of thinking she can unearth the truth in social media, which is impossible. Nearly everyone in the novel is either misrepresenting themselves or telling outright lies, not least the two main male characters whose sense of entitlement enables them to believe they are above dealing with what they label female ‘craziness.’ Towards the end, coming to terms about what she has done, and with the sort of man Johnny is, Skye asserts, again and again, what her name is, and who she is.

Hello and welcome to this week`s run report which is being written whilst watching the England game to add that danger element to the proceedings.We had another excellent turnout of 427 runners,thanks to all of you and thanks to our volunteers.We had to make a few job changes late on but all went well and we really appreciate all the support you give us.Congratulations to all our runners and volunteers who ran the 52 miles of the Tour of Merseyside this week.I popped up after parkrun with the pink sparkly welly plogging lady aka Gemma to see the finish and it was good to see so many familiar faces being awesome.Edward Clarke’s latest collection of poems is called Cherubims(Kelsay Books, 2022). A Book of Psalmswas published by Paraclete Press in 2020. ‘Clarke’s Psalter,’ the documentary he presented about writing these poems in conversation with the Psalms, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018. A selection of his poems, called The Voice inside Our Home, was published at the beginning of 2022 by SLG Press. He is also the author of two books of criticism, The Later Affluence of W.B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens(Palgrave Macmillan 2012) and The Vagabond Spirit of Poetry(Iff Books, 2014). His teaching experience began almost twenty years ago at Trinity College, Dublin. Now he teaches creative writing and English literature to undergraduates and mature students at various colleges and in the Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University. He is also poetry editor of the magazine Cassandra Voices. Victoria Condie DAISY McNALLY writes from her home in Oxford where she lives with her two children and spends as much time as she can with her partner James on the Beaulieu River near Lymington in Hampshire. She is a Durham University English Lit graduate and more recently of Bath Spa University where she gained a distinction in the MA in Creative Writing. She is currently working on her second novel for a PhD in Creative Writing. I also want to mention all the other runners who came along today.Thanks to all of you for running with us today.

Angela France has had poems published in many leading journals and has been anthologised a number of times. Her publications include Occupation(Ragged Raven Press, 2009), Lessons in Mallemaroking(Nine Arches Press, 2011), Hide(Nine Arches Press 2013) and The Hill(Nine Arches Press, 2017). The Hillhas been developed into a live multi-media poetry show which Angela has been touring, funded by Arts Council England. Her latest collection, Terminarchy, was published by Nine Arches Press in July 2021 and launched at Ledbury Poetry Festival. She has an M.A. in Creative and Critical Writing and a PhD from the University of Gloucestershire. Angela teaches creative writing at the University of Gloucestershire and in various community settings. Jeremy Hughes

First finisher today was Jordan Donnelly with our third best time overall,and not surprisingly a pb for him,of 15:39.Next,with a pb of 15:42 and our 4th best overall time was Phil Robertson and Harley Henshaw ran a pb of 16:24.Congratulations to all! Happy Birthday to Fiona Bradbury from Knowsley Harriers who was celebrating her birthday today.She ran a pb of 29:04 and I'm sure was moved by the almost harmonious rendition of 'Happy birthday to you!' as she ran past the funnel area. Tes Asfaw is a screenwriter and story consultant. He has an MSt in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford. He lectures in creative writing as well as literary analysis with a writerly eye for drama and prose. Currently, Tes has projects in development with Mammoth Screen, Escape Plan, and Two and Two. He has had short stories and poems published. Outside of Higher Education, Tes teaches creative writing for the Villiers Park Educational Trust, a national social justice charity for underrepresented young people aged 14-19. He spent years working as a literacy project worker for homeless and vulnerable people in Oxford. Lucy Ayrton I SEE THROUGH YOU is a psychological suspense about a woman who is ghosted and becomes obsessed with infiltrating her ex’s life. It’s also about unrequited love and not knowing where your place in the world is without someone to validate it. Where did the inspiration come from?