Interview by Carol McKay, Scottish Writer, 8 March 2024

 Carol McKay: Julie Kennedy - Ma Mum and William Wordsworth

Blog Tour

 

Here is the flyer for upcoming blog tour of my novel. I am looking forward to hearing what readers think.

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Welcome

Ma Mum & William Wordsworth eBook : Kennedy, Julie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Ma Mum and William Wordsworth is a multi-layered novel about grief and making a way as a young person when a parent dies and caregiving roles shift. It’s also a story rooted deeply in its setting in Scotland, first in Lanarkshire and then in Glasgow. The novel is written in, mainly, Lanarkshire dialect. The book is about loss of a parent in a large working- class family. The novel’s themes are built around how friendship and community, along with imagination and creativity, can help bereaved young people. The book does not shy away from hardships and is not sentimental, but is grounded in the point of view of Erin, a teenager, who tries to find her own language to express how she feels about loss. There is also a lot of humour in the story. A novel about finding a voice in your own language, whatever that may be.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/julie-kennedy

 

My Poems

I have had several of my poems published and have included several on this site for you to read and hopefully enjoy!

To read a selection of my poems please click here...or select the 'Poems' link from the menu at the top of this page.