Author Archives: Rosie Canning

I thought I would post a short piece about my recent good news which obviously has already been shared via Social Media. And why not! In early December, after eight amazing part-time years, I submitted my thesis and in February … Continue reading →

Last week I was invited to be a discussant at Prof. Janet Boddy’s book launch Thinking Through Family: Narratives of Care Experienced Lives.[1] Understanding what ‘family’ means – and how best to support families – depends on challenging politicised assumptions … Continue reading →

A Portrait of Care celebrates those who have experience of being looked after or who have been estranged from families, by using their own photos and paintings. Back in 2020, I had originally envisioned portraits in a gallery with some … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, I was invited to a double book launch at Department of Education, University of Oxford to do a short introduction for one of the books: Mariela Neagu’s Voices from the Silent Cradles. Life Histories of Romania’s Looked … Continue reading →

Cuckoo in the Nest is told from the viewpoint of 14-year-old uber intelligent, poet-in-waiting Jackie Chadwick. This is the voice of a young girl whose world is falling apart. Her mother has died from cancer, her father, an alcoholic is … Continue reading →

Cuckoo in the Nest Fran Hill is a 60-year-old retired English teacher and self-employed writer with two previous books: a self-published novella and a memoir. This is her first full-length work of fiction inspired by her time in foster care. … Continue reading →

Warning: content may be distressing to some readers. When researching there are so many garden paths that one can take, it is a wonder anything ever gets finished. Alongside reading books about orphans and care experience in fiction, there is … Continue reading →

Book Review by Dee Michell When I told a friend I was reading The Homes by J.B. Mylet, a murder mystery set in an orphanage, he responded by saying: “aren’t all orphanages and children’s homes crime scenes?” To Mylet’s credit, … Continue reading →