Stop the Press - Emmalena L. Ellis is in the Bishop's Stortford Independent Newspaper Today I appeared in today's Bishop's Stortford Independent to discuss my writing journey and the publication of 'Ginsterpigs'.  Copies are available to buy from https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/ and can be read digitally via a subscription to Iliffe Media or you can click here To schedule an interview, please feel free to contact me, I'd love to discuss my process with you and

It feels surreal to be writing this a day later, but the book launch night for 'Ginsterpigs' at Waterstones in Bishop's Stortford was an unforgettable experience, filled with nostalgia and excitement as well as the usual bout of nerves. This bookstore holds a special place in my heart, as it was the very place where I used to queue as a child to buy my favorite books including the midnight releases for Harry Potter. Although I had been published in poetry anthologies as a chi