Poverty, Mental Health, and the Role of Women in Maureen Cullen's 'Kitten Heels'

The Ringwood Publishing Podcast

In this episode, we’ve invited Ringwood author Maureen Cullen to discuss the release of her debut novel, Kitten Heels, a book about poverty, mental health, and the role of women in 1960s Scotland. We talk about Maureen's writing process, the similarities and differences between writing short stories and novels, caregiving roles, and more!
Maureen Cullen is a retired social worker living in Argyll & Bute. After thirty years’ commitment to social work, she turned to writing poetry and short fiction, completing a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2015 and achieving a distinction. Maureen has had poetry published in multiple magazines and online webzines, and had a poetry conversation written with Patricia M Osborne, Sherry and Sparkly, published by the Hedgehog Press in 2021. She has been shortlisted in numerous short story competitions, including the V.S. Pritchett Prize, the Fish Prize, and the Bristol Prize. She also won the Labello Prize for short fiction in 2014, and the Ringwood Short Story competition in 2022.
Order Kitten Heels here.