J'AIME SEPTEMBER 2021
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I N T H E N E W S<br />
A very personal story<br />
STAFFORDSHIRE AUTHOR DEBBI VOISEY HAS BEEN WRITING SINCE SHE WAS A<br />
LITTLE GIRL BUT HAS JUST ACCEPTED HER FIRST BOOK DEAL IN HER 50S. SHE<br />
TELLS JENNY AMPHLETT ABOUT HER DEBUT NOVELLA, ONLY ABOUT LOVE<br />
STAFFORDSHIRE AUTHOR<br />
DEBBI VOISEY<br />
The debut novel by Staffordshire author Debbi<br />
Voisey reads like the work of someone who has spent<br />
decades honing their craft - because that’s precisely<br />
what it is.<br />
Born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, Debbi spends her<br />
working days crafting newsletters and bulletins for<br />
DHL and then every spare moment she can find<br />
working on her own creative writing.<br />
That dedication has seen her longlisted and<br />
shortlisted in the likes of Bath Short Story Award,<br />
Flash 500 and Reflex Fiction. She’s a past winner of<br />
Staffordshire University’s Too Write creative writing<br />
competition, where her prize was presented by<br />
former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.<br />
Her first book, Only About Love, was published last<br />
month. Unlike many debut works, the novella-inflash<br />
is not self-published but rather is published by<br />
Oxford-based Fairlight Moderns.<br />
Although a work of fiction, the book is based on<br />
some of Debbi’s own experiences including watching<br />
the decline of her own dad to Alzheimer’s.<br />
“The character Frank is definitely based on my dad<br />
and a lot of the things in there are true,” said Debbi.<br />
“My mum doesn’t mind that certain things are being<br />
exposed.<br />
“It’s based on his life but the family in the book is<br />
entirely fictional. I talk about him having an affair<br />
but I don’t know the details so a lot of things I<br />
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