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She writes across multiple genres including narrative non-fiction, essays and short stories. Her work explores memory, grief, how place and identity intersect, being Irish in Britain and the 90s (). Her writing has been published by the Irish Times, Stand Magazine, Sans PRESS and others. She has also been listed for the Life Writing Prize, Penguin WriteNow, the Fish Short Memoir, Faber & Faber’s A Writing Chance and a Creative Futures Award. In 2023, Laura was the recipient of a Northern Writers Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de80bf3bb164b0b8dee84ec/e98aff36-f2aa-4afe-a444-e6776ce2fe16/JOR_5875.jpg About Laura runs the online gallery Projecting Grief along with photographer Jo Ritchie and facilitates exhibitions and creative workshops centred around grief. She has a particular interest in oral history, and some of her recordings were recently included in the Irish in Britain Look Back to Look Forward 50th anniversary exhibition. 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