Monthly Archives: December 2014

Why Hiraeth?

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Rosie Canning

Earlier today I saw a tweet that had been retweeted 255 times and favourited 396 times. That’s a lot of interest in one tweet. Interestingly it happened to be about Hiraeth. The proposed title of my PhD. So why, Hiraeth? I … Continue reading →

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Challenging the Care Leaver Stereotype

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Rosie Canning

At the heart of the PhD research is the way children in care and care leavers are portrayed in society. Fiction has elements of real life, just as autobiography has elements of fiction. Saul Bellow once said that “Fiction is … Continue reading →

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