I See Through You

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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.

A beautiful and extraordinary debut novel. . . full of intelligence and utterly gripping’ Claire Kendal, author of The Book of You I began my first novel "After The Flood" whilst studying for the Diploma at Conted, as part of the Long Fiction module . The tutor of the Long Fiction module,Jeremy Hughes, had been extremely supportive of this project and it is currently being read by my agent at William Morris Endeavor. Our first finisher (female) was Charlotte Towers in a time of 18:19(4th) then Jayne Price of Pensby Runners in a new pb of 19:45 (20th) and Alison Cole, a first timer with us who ran 20:46(39th)! Our two-year,part-time Diploma in Creative Writingallows you to strengthen your ability in four major areas of literary activity — prose, poetry, drama and analytical reading — as well as the chance to specialise in the genre of your choice. Mike Johnstone is an established novelist and a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire. Writing as D.D. Johnston, he’s the author of four novels, and his short fiction has been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize. He’s been described as “Bringing light to a dark world” ( The Financial Times) and “one of the country’s most important left-wing fiction writers” ( The Morning Star). Published in July 2022, his fourth novel, Disnaeland, has been called “gripping, funny, and hopeful” ( The Times) and “wildly imaginative” ( Scotland on Sunday). Helen JukesI also want to mention all the other runners who came along today.Thanks to all of you for running with us today.

Recently divorced, bruised and awkward, I felt unwelcome and unbalanced. I kept getting lost; I pored over maps, learning how the river crossed the canal, and I started running again, as though the towpaths could somehow connect me to life here and help me navigate the strangeness of the city.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. I went on to take an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, which is when I began writing I See Through You and wrestling with the complicated female protagonist I’d had forming in my mind.

I was feeling lonely and I attended Creative Writing classes in Oxford’s Department of Continuing Education. It was a lifeline.” The ghosting element in the novel was clearly something that resonated with many of the younger editorial team I was working with. 80% of millennials report that they have been “ghosted”. And I think I got it: I certainly understood the power of silence, and I was writing about not being heard, and not knowing you could have a place in the world without someone validating it. Hello and welcome to this week's run report.We had a fantastic 360 runners this week.Thank you for all joining us this morning.The weather was good ,we had choccies in the finish funnel and 50% of the time keepers wore pink wellies. We had 13 first timers this week,either running with us for the first time or visiting us for the first time.Thanks for running with us and we hope you enjoyed it.We look forward to seeing you again next week or the next time you're in the area. Our first finisher (male) this week was Adam Peers in a time of 16:04,mext up was Joe Boden in 16:53 with Phil Langan in 17:10.We also had a biscuit stealing Labrador in the finish funnel today.I'm glad to confirm it wasn't a parkrunning dog.He has been removed from Santa's canine list although to be fair if biscuits are left unguarded ,then all bets are off really. 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 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