Exploring your trauma through fiction; survival and randomness - this is Winnie M. Li & Daniel Mella in conversation with poet Jamie Trower on ‘Real Live Fiction’
Content warning: viewer discretion advised - this event contains references to sexual assault and bereavement. Scroll down for places to go for support.
This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.
Books:
Winnie M. Li, ‘Dark Chapter’
Daniel Mella, ‘Older Brother’
Jamie Trower, ‘A Sign of Light’
Find #BookBound2020:
Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/
For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://youtu.be/i8HnQ64rwWQ
Festival Partners:
Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/
Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk
Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020
Or, if you're New Zealand-based, you can make a donation to Changing Minds, and please reference BookBound as part of your donation: https://givealittle.co.nz/org/changingminds
Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/
**For advice and support on sexual abuse (many others are available via search engines too):
Advice if you have suffered sexual abuse: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/abuse/sexual-abuse/
UK support: https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/
NZ: https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/social-services/social/victim-support-2/
Grief support NZ: https://www.griefsupport.org.nz/
Grief support UK: https://www.cruse.org.uk/
