Maggie Walters in-conversation with Anna Featherstone

How does a child survive years of unimaginable abuse? She splits. And splits again. And again. And again. And she does survive, but not without consequences. This is a story not only of survival but of self-acceptance, of the triumph to simply live.

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Maggie Walters lives in Northern NSW with her husband and family. As a trauma survivor, she shares her courageous journey towards wholeness, confronting stereotypes around mental health. Her work appears in the Anthology, Don't Let Suicide Kill You and an early draft of SPLIT was long-listed for the Richell Emerging Writers Prize. 

Anna Featherstone empowers writers and authors. She has authored five non-fiction books and her words have appeared in The Guardian and Sydney Morning Herald. Anna is the Australian Ambassador for the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) and founder of Bold Authors, an online course hub empowering traditionally published and indie authors through the sharing of knowledge and nous. When she’s not reading, writing and presenting, Anna gets into the thick of things with bees, beings and the big issues of our time.