I do love audience questions. They get to the nub of things. They make you think. And some really seem to come from left-field. I was in the Corpus Christi lecture hall this morning, to talk to readers of…
Book
The paperback edition of my first book, Rise: Surviving and Thriving After Trauma, has been available to buy since 29 December 2016. As explained in my earlier post, Rise is a first-aid kit for getting through tough times. In…
The paperback edition of my first book, Rise: Surviving and Thriving After Trauma, will be available in the shops and online from 29 December 2016. You can pre-order it from Amazon now for only £8.99. Rise is a first-aid…
Funny thing about being a presenter – people think that you can talk in front of anyone, anytime, however big the gathering. And the thing is, when you’re presenting, news-reading, even ad-libbing, you’re doing it down a camera lens.…
Back in August, I was thrilled to see that ‘Rise, Surviving and Thriving after Trauma’ had been given a five-star review in the Royal College of Nursing’s journal, the Nursing Standard. Thrilled because they said such lovely things about…
There’s a funny thing about being a television presenter – people think that you can talk in front of anyone, anytime, however big the gathering. And the thing is, when you are presenting, news-reading, or even ad-libbing, you are…
I dithered a lot about publishing Rise. At least, dithered about showing you the inner workings of my emotional chaos as I struggled with the impact of breast cancer. The diaries on which the book is based are so…
My interview with BBC Radio London presenter Gaby Roslin was broadcast as half-hour special today. Roslin described the conversation about my book Rise as “very raw” and “honest”. You can listen to the interview on BBC iPlayer from 33:25 minutes in.…
Hay Festival is a wonderful place. It is awash with life and literature: kids scuttling to see their favourite authors reading extracts from their latest books, and adults queuing up in the shop clutching books to be signed by…
In her Daily Express column, television presenter Judy Finnegan wrote about Rise: “Unlike Victoria Derbyshire, fellow broadcaster Sian Williams decided to keep her breast cancer diagnosis private. Like Derbyshire, however, she has now gone public, offering help and advice…