I See Through You

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First finisher (female) was Elaine Sargent who ran a new PB of 22:14 (34th).Next was a first timer on our course,Tessa Loftus,who ran 23:09 (40th) and Anna Kenny who ran 23:28 (45th) 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. Every day until Christmas Eve I’ll be introducing you to an author whose debut novel came out this year. Today it’s Daisy McNally. About Daisy McNally First finisher (female) was Charlotte Towers in 19:22 (10th),then Helen Stansfield in 20:33 (15th) and Penny Thorn in 21:07 (21st) 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.

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. If you haven`t volunteered before its an excellent way to see parkrun from another angle and appreciate the amount of hard work that goes into putting this free event on. And you get to wear hi vis,and I always have fruit pastilles. We had 37 first timers this week,either running with is for the first time or visiting us(I heard West London mentioned in the briefing) We look forward to seeing you again next week or the next time you are in the area.We hope you enjoyed running with us today.Our first timers this week were Jamie Rutherford,David Hallida,Dave Lehmann,James Whittaker, Brian Parrington,Sarah Pitt,Gary Jones,James Moore,Daisy Ball,Ewan Brett,Adam Valentine,Anne Kelly,Annie Lehmann,Rebecca McAlees,Joanne Yorke,Chloe Scott,Oliver Yorke,Jenny Staples,Anna Philpott,Dermot Carroll, Eleanor Smith,Ikechukwu Emenike,John Klepka,Simon Smith,Sarah Lewis,Helen Johnson,Laura Scott,Maisie Yorke,Isla Yorke,Janey Quigley,Beth O`Connell,Beki Smith,Stephanie Gawne,Sandra Fletcher,Sharon Gargan,Rebecca Moore, Chris Moore,Elaine Moore

Welcome to all our first timers and tourists today! Congratulations on joining us for the first time of it was your first ever foray into the parkrun world and thanks very much indeed for choosing us if you were doing some touristing. We hope you very much enjoyed your Birkenhead parkrun experience and we look forward to seeing you next week or the next time you`re in the area. Over thecourse of ten weeks,we willoffer some answers to these questionsandexaminethe mechanics of the genrealongsidethe elements of fiction which comprise it. There will be plenty of opportunity to workshop novelsin progress and the course is aimed at those wishingto developtheir psychological novel, as well asthose wishing to begin one. 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.”

There are no set texts but wewill focus on, althoughnot be limited to, works written by and about women: Hello and welcome to this week`s run report which is being written whilst watching the England game to add that danger element to the proceedings.We had another excellent turnout of 427 runners,thanks to all of you and thanks to our volunteers.We had to make a few job changes late on but all went well and we really appreciate all the support you give us.Congratulations to all our runners and volunteers who ran the 52 miles of the Tour of Merseyside this week.I popped up after parkrun with the pink sparkly welly plogging lady aka Gemma to see the finish and it was good to see so many familiar faces being awesome. 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 JukesWe had a lot of lovely first timers this week,either running with us for the first time or visiting us for the first time.We look forward to seeing you again next week or the next time you're in the area.They were Charlotte Towers,Razvan Roman,Sorcha Shepherd,Collette Chapman,Iain Lancaster,Chris Towers,Jonathan Gill,Jon Mason,Orlaith Shepherd,Teresa Costigan,Sian Bonney,Ian Gould,Jessica Nangle,Jen Attwood,Anna Hinch,Rebecca Walters,Christopher Reeve,James Butcher,Julian Butcher,Tori Harrison,Jason Fordham, Martin Rogers,Diane Rogers,Stewart Robinson,Joanne Taylor,Jennie O'Connell,Kate O'Connell,Jamie Proudlove,Dave Gallagher,Libby Jones,Sian Thomas,Graham Partner Its our third birthday next week so please feel free to wear fancy dress and bring along cake if you want.

After university, Daisy moved to London and worked in publishing, starting out as an editorial assistant. Angus McFadzean is a lecturer specialising in British and American Literature and Film. He is the Program Director of the Oxford University Summer School for Adults and teaches on international programmes for the Continuing Education Department. He is the author of Suburban Fantastic Cinema: Growing Up in the Late Twentieth Century(Columbia University Press, 2019) and the editor of James Joyce’s Epiphanies: A Critical Edition, forthcoming from University of Florida Press (2023). He holds a doctorate from Wadham College, Oxford on James Joyce and the Aesthetics of Transgression. He has published on James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon and Hollywood cinema and has taught widely on literature of the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century, specifically modernism and the works of Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce and WB Yeats. Nicholas McInerny So although she behaves in a way that’s not really justifiable in a moral sense, it’s not so extraordinary given the context she finds herself in. She is trying to (re-) connect with people. I’d like her to make for uncomfortable reading because she’s someone that a lot of us, broken-hearted and ignored, might identify with at times in our lives. As she says in the book, “Liars are easily made,” whether we are just trying to conceal our innate loneliness or present a better, more palatable version of ourselves to the outside world and particularly those we want to love us.Daisy McNally has a PhD from Bath Spa University in Creative Writing, and a degree in English Literature from Durham University. She teaches on a variety of Creative Writing courses for Oxford’s Department of Continuing Education, including running regular weekly courses on writing fiction as well as summer schools, and on the Undergraduate Diploma programme.She is especially interested in women’s and psychological fiction. Daisy is the author of I See Through Youpublished by Orion in 2018 and is currently writing another novel. Jessica Moriarty After taking a diploma in Creative Writing, Daisy signed up for a Masters at Bath Spa University, coming out with Distinction. 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. Our first finisher (female) was Helen Stansfield in 20:15 (13th),Katie Cotton,a first timer on our course but running her 260th parkrun ran 21:29 (23rd) with Zara White in 21:59 (36th)

I SEE THROUGH YOU is a psychological suspense about a woman who is ghosted and becomes obsessed with infiltrating her ex’s life. It’s also about unrequited love and not knowing where your place in the world is without someone to validate it. Where did the inspiration come from?

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Happy Birthday to Fiona Bradbury from Knowsley Harriers who was celebrating her birthday today.She ran a pb of 29:04 and I'm sure was moved by the almost harmonious rendition of 'Happy birthday to you!' as she ran past the funnel area. Hello and welcome to (INSERT HERE - record breaking) Birkenhead parkrun. Number 230 saw us reach 793! The funnel double tape thing made its debut and we had 4 scanners. Thanks for your help in the funnel and although there is no core team pub based review planned of today,we think it went well.It was a wonderful sight watching the start from the finish funnel and seeing you all come down the road and then wind (rhyme with mind not er,wind) your way around the park. A beautifully written book. The author is very skilled, and writes clever description, but in a way that feels very natural … her prose is wonderful’ Goodreads reviewer This enduringly popular genre continues to captivate–and sell. Whydo we think this is? What is it about the fusion between a psychological novel and a thriller that can create suchcompelling,and oftenunsettlingnovels? Whattechniques do authors use toproducea successful one?