“Kinda vegan” is not vegan
Part of being a vegan is investing considerable time examining ingredient labels. And not just of food labels but the many products we use in our homes and on our …
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The New Sentience: Reimagining Animal Poetry
The New Sentience: Reimagining Animal Poetry is poetry collection a long time in the making: Ten years according to editors Ashley Capps and Allison Titus. The wait was worth it. For …
Q&A with Ray Star
Ray is an author, a mother of four, and a Creative Writing Coach from Essex. Her debut trilogy, Earthlings, Dominion, and Land of Hope and Glory, have won multiple awards and …
Turkey Day
This Thanksgiving, the turkeys are in charge and it is the politicians who are in need of pardoning…
Oscar Wilde made fun of vegetarians
Once you start researching the evolution of vegan authors you start to notice any mention of animal rights or vegetarianism throughout literature. I recently watched a production of The Importance …
Book Review: The Omnivore’s Deception
If the title of this book reminds you of the bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan, that is intentional. For as author John Sanbonmatsu writes, Michael Pollan did a great disservice …
Q&A with Gregory F. Tague, founder of Literary Veganism
Gregory Tague is a vegan author, editor and founder of the online journal Literary Veganism. Learn more about this pioneering journal, how you can contribute, and his new book Forest …
Writing for Animals: A Q&A with Midge Raymond & John Yunker
Midge and I were excited to participate in a Q&A with Elise Myslinski of Wizard of Claws. In the interview we talk about publishing, reading and writing — and how …
Is This Book Vegan?
I’m happy to have contributed an essay to The Vegan Magazine the publication of the Vegan Society. The essay is available to members (join for only £2/month). The essay begins: As vegans, …