unfinishing is the podcast about things that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Graham Oakes. If you have an incomplete or private project you’d like to talk about, please email unfinishing.pod@gmail.com, contact Em on Instagram @unfinishingpod, or on Twitter @TrueBagglerag.

My guest in this episode is Victoria Bennett, who is a writer and creative producer. Her work includes poetry, non-fiction, video-game narrative, creative writing facilitation, and publishing.

I speak to Victoria about the experience of grief is unfinished, with a focus on her memoir All My Wild Mothers (Hachette, 2023). In the memoir Victoria describes the loss of several members of her family, her experiences of motherhood, and the process of creating a garden full of wonder with her young son.

Links of interest

All My Wild Mothers: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/victoria-bennett/all-my-wild-mothers/9781529398618/

Wild Women Press: http://www.wildwomenpress.com/

Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Who_Run_with_the_Wolves