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#5 - Sam Rose - Helping cancer survivors through creative writing.
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#5 - Sam Rose - Helping cancer survivors through creative writing.
In today’s episode with Sam Rose, we talk about how creative writing can help cancer survivors.
Key points from this discussion:
- Her own experiences with cancer and how writing has helped.
- The need in cancer survivorship for support at the right time.
- What the wider community could consider when supporting cancer survivors.
Sam Rose is a second-year PhD student at Teesside University, where she also gained her MA Creative Writing in 2017. She is researching the relationship between creative writing and cancer survivorship issues, with her main research focus being her own experiences as a three-time cancer survivor.
Sam’s poetry and prose has been published in over 60 literary magazines and anthologies. She is the editor of Peeking Cat Literary and has contributed articles to several cancer and chronic illness websites. Her memoir “Gut Feelings: Coping With Cancer and Living With Lynch Syndrome” was released in January 2021.
Key Resources:
Sam on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/writersam/
Sam on Twitter - https://twitter.com/writersamr
Sam on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/writersamr
ESRC - Economic & Social Research Council - https://esrc.ukri.org/
NINE Doctoral Training Partnership Website / ABC (Accelerating Business Collaboration)- https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/
Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com
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