Durre is a Welsh writer, an Associate Editor for Wales Arts Review and a Word Factory Apprentice 2017. She has MA in Creative Writing and was commended for the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015. Her writing has been published in various magazines and anthologies and she has performed at various events.
Throughout the month of May, I was Artist in Residence for Wales Arts Review, using the platform to talk about my chosen theme: Mental Health. More information about the programme can be found here, which I applied to back in August 2016, before I came on board as an Associate Editor. You can also find…
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Originally posted on Sister Outrider:
? Intersectionality has been a common theme in feminist theory, writing, and activism for the last few years. It has even become something of a buzzword. And yet there remains a great deal of misunderstanding over what intersectionality actually means and, subsequently, how it is supposed to manifest within the…
As I await delivery of my second batch of The Ordinary skincare, it only makes sense to briefly talk about the products I ordered in my first batch. My initial review of them can be found here where I talk a bit more indepth about the products themselves and the science behind them. This follow-up will be more…
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So pleased to say that two of my poems have been published in this anthology. The essays, short stories, and poems in here are fantastic and I’m indeed in great company. Buy a copy here and support the network as all profits will be used to support A Room of Our Own: A Feminist Network. The…
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How You Might Know Me by Sabrina Mahfouz How You Might Know Me is a result of years of creative writing workshops with women from the UK’s growing sex industry and Sabrina Mahfouz’s own experiences. It is told through four characters: Sylvia, Tali, Sharifa and Darina, who each use the poetic form to tell their…
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To celebrate Black History Month Wales, I compiled a non-exhaustive list of black writers with strong connection to Wales, who should be celebrated and known about for their work and achievements. The article, published on Wales Arts Review, features brief bios and recommendations to the works of the following writers: Leonora Brito, Professor Charlotte Williams OBE, Patience…
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So I vowed to not blog about beauty products unless absolutely necessary and this is definitely that necessary moment. But for those of you who follow me for bookish things, ya’ll can skip this one and come back in a couple of weeks, which is when I have my next bookish post scheduled (I have a…
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We’re not going to talk about my lack of keeping up with my Monthly Reads project. Nope. Not at all. But this is a form of/somewhat continuation of that. So here are the two important books I read in September and why I think you should read them, too. The Good Immigrant, ed. by Nikesh Shula…
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Incase you missed it on my Twitter, I’m going to be an Artist in Residence for Wales Arts Review next year! As one of the selected artists, I’ll be using the platform to respond to issues through my chosen medium, which is creative writing (flash fiction, poetry, prose, or more conversational pieces). I’ll be producing new pieces,…
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About a month ago, I was a blubbering mess. Everything in my life was seemingly going well, but I felt restless and dissatisfied from within and I couldn’t work out why. I even tweeted a few HELP ME statuses that I deleted, yet not before a friend of mine saw them and reached out to me, asking…
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