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The Drowning of Arthur Braxton - film (2021)
Digital Artefact
Cutforth, L., Otsmane-Elhaou, H., & Smailes, C. (2021). The Drowning of Arthur Braxton - film. [Film]

The film, which picked up the award for Best UK Feature at the 2021 Raindance Film Festival, is based on Caroline Cauchi/Smailes’ 2013 cult novel of the same name.

Seeking to escape his alcoholic-depressive father and the constant humiliation and... Read More about The Drowning of Arthur Braxton - film.

Suicide Exposure in a Polymediated Age (2021)
Journal Article
Bell, J., & Westoby, C. (2021). Suicide Exposure in a Polymediated Age. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 694280. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694280

With growing evidence that media plays a vital role in shaping public understanding of suicidality and influencing behaviours, media portrayals of suicidality have for some time been the focus of suicide prevention efforts. Traditional media has chan... Read More about Suicide Exposure in a Polymediated Age.

This New North (2021)
Book
Bradley, S., & Chilvers, A. (Eds.). (2021). This New North. Valley Press

Produced by members of the Northern Short Story Festival Academy, this new anthology showcasing the range of talent in the North of England features work by Litro fiction editor Barney Walsh, author & critic Richard Smyth, and poet and academic Halee... Read More about This New North.

What are the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK HEIs? A narrative review (2021)
Journal Article
Westoby, C., Dyson, J., Cowdell, F., & Buescher, T. (in press). What are the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK HEIs? A narrative review. Gender and Education, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2021.1884198

Gender inequality prevails in academia; there is currently no review on the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK Higher Education. We conducted a systematic search identifying 32 papers addressing this issue. Narrative revi... Read More about What are the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK HEIs? A narrative review.

Forever Konrad (2020)
Book
Goodman, M. (2020). Forever Konrad. PS Publishing

Synopsis

A baby boy is plucked from the deck of a North Sea ferry. He’s any mother’s dream. Adopted into a family in the village of Cherry Burton, his infancy becomes a rampage. He’s not mean, he’s just inquisitive, his new mother insists.

It’s... Read More about Forever Konrad.

East Coast Road (2020)
Book
Chilvers, A. (2020). East Coast Road. Bluemoose Books

Jen is seeing things that others do not. As university term gives way to the summer break she is plagued by dark memories and the only person there for her is her cousin - a cousin that no one else can see - together they embark on a journey that cha... Read More about East Coast Road.

REF! (2019)
Book
Dickenson, S. J. (2019). REF!. Barbican Press

This play is based on a true story, ranging from the 1980s to the present century and across two continents. REF! is a universal tale of how one woman - against the odds - proves she can not only survive but triumph.

The Fear Talking: a study of anxiety and OCD through narrative and lived experience (2019)
Thesis
Westoby, C. A. The Fear Talking: a study of anxiety and OCD through narrative and lived experience. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4666580

This is a study of generalized anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and depression, and their effect on young adult life, presented as a first-person, present-tense narrative. The data is provided by the author’s experience and memory.
The thesis... Read More about The Fear Talking: a study of anxiety and OCD through narrative and lived experience.

The Fear Talking: a study of anxiety and OCD through narrative and lived experience (2019)
Thesis
Westoby, C. A. The Fear Talking: a study of anxiety and OCD through narrative and lived experience. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4677587

This is a study of generalized anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and depression, and their effect on young adult life, presented as a first-person, present-tense narrative. The data is provided by the author’s experience and memory.
The thesis... Read More about The Fear Talking: a study of anxiety and OCD through narrative and lived experience.