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Lucy Flannery & Alexandra Benedict

Stationery

Lucy Flannery owns up to an obsession with stationery, and Alexandra Benedict shares how she brings the senses into writing. Lucy Flannery confesses to an out-of-control obsession with stationery, explaining that every notebook and index card has a role in her creative process and reminding us that nothing is ever really thrown away when you’re a writer. Alexandra Benedict considers the many different modes of sensory perception (including her own intriguing experience of synaesthesia), and explores how the senses can make their way into writing.

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