'It’s taken me a long time to accept it but I am now at the stage of realising that my dyslexia hasn’t actually been a hindrance – it’s been a blessing'
and her plays have won a plethora of national awards but now Leyla Josephine is turning her attention from the stage to the page.
Best-selling writer Jodi Picoult has lauded the 2014 Commonwealth Poetry Slam winner, saying “there is not a poet alive today who writes about the inner lives of women as well as Leyla Josephine”.In tandem with the book launch, Josephine has announced a tour of the UK and Ireland to promote it, with a special event in her home town at the renowned King Tuts venue.
“I made two theatre shows for the Fringe and then toured. I’ve always written poetry but this is my first collection. I was scared about the move.”“There’s a big part of me that felt like it wasn’t a place that I should be working in, that I didn’t really know what I was doing,” she said.“It’s taken me a long time to accept it but I am now at the stage of realising that my dyslexia hasn’t actually been a hindrance – it’s been a blessing.
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