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Joanna Walsh | |
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| Born | Joanna Margaret Walsh |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor, artist |
| Notable work | Break.up, Seed, Vertigo |
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Joanna Walsh | |
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| Born | Joanna Margaret Walsh |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor, artist |
| Notable work | Break.up, Seed, Vertigo |
Joanna Walsh is an author, editor and artist. [1] She currently lives in Dublin.
Joanna Walsh is the author of:
Her books include Break.up,
Her writing has been widely anthologised.
She has edited fiction and creative non-fiction at 3AM Magazine, Catapult, Five Dials and Gorse Editions. From 2014–18, she created and ran the campaign @read_women.
In 2017 she was awarded the UK Arts Foundation Fellowship in Literature.
Joanna was the recipient of The Markievicz Award in 2020. [6]
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SEED is an online digital story written by Joanna Walsh, a British author. Illustrations are credited to Charlotte Hicks. The work was published in April 2017 by Editions At Play with Visual Editions. The story is a mysterious and darkly beautiful tale about a young girl and her journey into becoming a woman. Readers glimpse through her eyes and read about the young eighteen year old's world and how she is just beginning to realize and come to turns with her personal desires.
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