Georgia Ann Essex is a writer and English teacher. She is currently on maternity leave from her day job as a secondary English teacher in Essex. From 2011 to 2014, she studied BA English Literature, achieving a 2:1, then qualified with an outstanding PGCE in 2015.
Georgia first started writing through her travel blog – BritVoyage – but is now moving all her travel content into video format through TikTok and focusing on drafting her first novel.
Here, she blogs about books, literature, and her life, while sharing some of her shorter creative projects: short stories, poetry, and articles.
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Ten Novels by Ethnically Diverse authors you must read!
Fiction is usually a way for us to escape reality, but as a white woman, I found reading novels by Ethnically Diverse authors to be an opportunity to learn about the lives and experiences of others. In this post, you’ll find 10 novels by Ethnically Diverse authors, that I would recommend everyone read.
Underbelly by Anna Whitehouse
Underbelly by Anna Whitehouse has been sitting on my shelf for a while, just begging to be read. I’ve been following Anna for a while on Instagram, lurking while she campaigns for flexible work conditions and better accommodations for mothers in the workplace, and I suspected her novel would embody these themes quite strongly.
I, Partridge by Alan Partridge
Those who lived in Britain through the 90s will recognise Steve Coogan’s narcissistic oaf. For those that don’t know him, Alan Partridge is a fictional radio DJ, with right wing values and a habit of putting his foot in his mouth. His caricature is painful and funny. The Premise Alan is a historic comedy character,…
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