#260 Laura Dockrill On Postpartum Psychosis

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Laura Dockrill is an award-winning author and illustrator. What Have I Done? is Laura's first book for adults. I have loved Laura's fiction and poems for years, and now this. I can already say it's one of the best memoirs I've ever read on mental health. It's about postpartum psychosis. It's moving, incredibly vivid and well written. Laura made me feel like I was standing in the corner of the hospital room with her when giving birth and then in her living room afterwards as she embarked on her road to recovery. The topic is so so important and it still feels so shrouded in secrecy, until now. I'm so glad this book exists. In this episode we discuss Laura's journey, recovery, what it's like when a raw blog article about your mental health goes viral, and why this book is a love letter to family and friends.

If you'd like to read the article on Clemmie Telford's blog that we discuss in the interview, it is here: https://motherofalllists.com/2018/08/13/2018-08-13-postpartum-psychosis/

And if you'd like to buy Laura's book 'What Have I Done?' you can do so here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-have-i-done/laura-dockrill/9781529110210

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0:56.7	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control-op Delete.
1:07.0	My guest today is Laura Dockrill.
1:10.0	She is an award-winning author and illustrator and her new book is out now called What Have I
1:15.6	done and it's Laura's first book for adults. Laura has written to date 13 books for
1:21.9	children. She's been shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book of the Year
1:25.2	Prize and for the YA book prize. She has been named the top 10 literary talents by The Times and she's hosted so many brilliant TV and radio shows and
1:36.0	she's just an incredibly talented artist and I love talking to her.
1:40.8	This new book that Laura's brought out is a little bit different and it's a very, very special
1:46.2	book and I'm really glad that we got to talk about it on the podcast today even though it was recorded remotely.
1:52.6	I have absolutely loved Laura's fiction and poems throughout the years
1:57.4	and now I am a big fan of this latest book which is a memoir
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