Judith Leask | Fiction Editor

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Fiction editor, creative writer, CIEP member, varied reader, improving cyclist, pop choir singer, neurodiversity and queer ally, socialist (Green Party member), night owl, drinker of far too much tea. W: justrightediting.co.uk Reedsy.com/judith-leask

Conversation on Tumblr about how a world where magic is a raw force of nature, animals would figure out how to use it. Crows and ravens are smart enough. Dogs would cast projectiles to chase them.
Keir Starmer's pledges for his leadership election that he's now conveniently ignoring
I'm a blonde woman standing in the street before the match holding a sign saying 'Stop the yachts - the baddies are the billionaires '
A copy of This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell
Succulent jade plant leaves in a circle on a pot of soil with tiny new growth at their bases
An avenue of lime trees with golden leaves falling, over a stone path.
A copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
A copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
A bar of chocolate with Kemi Badenoch's signature on it and the words 'When Labour negotiates, Britian loses' (i.e. Britain is misspelled).
A copy of Matt Haig's book The Life Impossible, held up in front of a swimming pool in Spain.
A copy of The Life Impossible by Matt Haig. The cover has blue sea, a rocky island in silhouette, and a orange/pink sky.
The cover of The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer - a large bright orange satsuma, the silhouette of a squirrel, and a sky-blue background.
A copy of There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak, with a sunny day in the park shown in the background
View from above of a pond full of plants including open water lily flowers
A copy of Small Wars by Sadie Jones.
Girl with long red hair standing in the middle distance on a bed of autumn leaves, surrounded by tall trees in the sunshine, and blue sky in the background.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
A copy of The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer
A copy of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin