Lapidus Magazine Issue 4 is here!

We are thrilled to announce that Issue Four of our magazine is now available to read, brimming with inspiring, empowering, and supportive content.

This edition, edited by Alison Cable and Kate Poll, celebrates the diverse voices within our community and the broader creative writing for wellbeing field.

Here’s a sneak peek at what you’ll find inside:

Writing for Self

• Reflections on Self-disclosure by Jonathan Totman
• How Writing Poems Sustains My Work with Refugees by Roz Doe
• Building Connections Through Writing by Leigh Manley
• Healing Power of Imagination by Steve Richards

In Practice

• Room Of My Own by Carolyn Grisold
• Writing for Wellbeing on Flat Holm Island: A Facilitation Journey by Sarah Featherstone
• Australian Story Fragments by Annie Barrett

Making It Work

• Finding Your Voice: Writing for Wellbeing and the Social Prescribing Movement by Emma Drew
• The Write Trail by Poonam Madar

Informing Practice

• Let Decolonisation Inspire You Like a Muse by Sabrin Hasbun
• The Person-centred Approach and Writing for Wellbeing by Val Watson

The Power of… Poetry

• One Little Room: The Mystery of Poetry by Victoria Field
• Ekphrastic Poetry: Mapping the Landscape of Grief by Denise Saul
• Exploring Ekphrastic Poetry by Sophie Poll-Hulshoff

In Review

• Sheila Heti’s Alphabetical Diaries by Miriam Dawson-Reilly
• Matt Ottley’s The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness by Alison Cable

We’d like to thank all of the contributors, the editors, and designer Sophie Poll-Hulshoff. The beautiful cover artwork is by Poppy Drew.

We hope this issue will inspire you and encourage you to contribute to our upcoming Issue Five, for which submissions are now open until 15th November 2024.