Alice Olivia Scarlett

Alice Olivia Scarlett is a freelance writer and editor. She lives in Thanet with the seagulls and parakeets.

A review of the memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson.

A man returns home to Margate, thinking that nothing has changed

A review of the psychological fiction novel My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.

The Thanet Writers team pick their favourite reads for spooky season

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A review of the fantasy novel Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

A review of the horror novel The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson.

A review of the horror novel Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin.

An essay looking at how to use imagery correctly and powerfully when writing fiction

A review of the non-fiction memoir Things We Didn’t Talk About When I was a Girl by Jeannie Vanasco.

There is more to writing offensively than lazy jokes and cheap laughs, and offence can be used to great effect.

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