I am bonnie Meekums
I write and publish novels, memoir, flash fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
Internationally known for my work in Dance Movement Therapy
[email protected]
@bonniemeekums
Internationally known for my work in Dance Movement Therapy
[email protected]
@bonniemeekums
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Meet bonnie meekums
Crossing boundaries, from therapist to writer.
I live in Greater Manchester, UK, where I share a house with my husband, until recently various offspring that I am never entirely confident have finally left, and from time to time grandchildren, whose size is inconsistent with their conviction that they rule the roost.
To relax, I grow vegetables that misbehave even more than the grandchildren, walk in the hills, read, practice yoga, and dance. I also travel alarming distances every now and then, to visit people I love who have inconveniently chosen to live as far away from me as possible.
I am sole author of two professional books, numerous academic papers and book chapters, two novels, and a short poetry book. My debut novel, A Kind of Family, was re-released by Between the Lines on June 18th, 2024, and my second novel, Aggie's War, was released on June 17th, 2025. My joint memoir with my sister Jackie Hales, Remnants of War, was published in April 2021, and my poetry collection, This body will not be silenced, was published in October 2024.
My shorter creative works have been published or are in publication with several literary journals including MsLexia, Ellipsis Zine, Ad Hoc Press, Reflex Press, Roi Fainéant, Tiny Molecules, and Ghost Parachute. In addition, I use creative writing from time to time as part of my academic writing.
I offer Dance Movement Therapy workshops worldwide and have begun facilitating Words for Wellbeing as well as more general writing workshops. I am a member of Lapidus, the Society of Authors, and a Fellow of the Association for Dance Movement Therapy, UK. I am also an honorary member of both the Polish and Ukranian Dance Movement Therapy Associations.
Instagram: @bonniemeekums
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bonnie-Meekums-PhD-Author-447854116059081/
Substack: https://bonniemeekums.substack.com/
Blog about becoming an older woman: http://mamabonnie.wordpress.com
To relax, I grow vegetables that misbehave even more than the grandchildren, walk in the hills, read, practice yoga, and dance. I also travel alarming distances every now and then, to visit people I love who have inconveniently chosen to live as far away from me as possible.
I am sole author of two professional books, numerous academic papers and book chapters, two novels, and a short poetry book. My debut novel, A Kind of Family, was re-released by Between the Lines on June 18th, 2024, and my second novel, Aggie's War, was released on June 17th, 2025. My joint memoir with my sister Jackie Hales, Remnants of War, was published in April 2021, and my poetry collection, This body will not be silenced, was published in October 2024.
My shorter creative works have been published or are in publication with several literary journals including MsLexia, Ellipsis Zine, Ad Hoc Press, Reflex Press, Roi Fainéant, Tiny Molecules, and Ghost Parachute. In addition, I use creative writing from time to time as part of my academic writing.
I offer Dance Movement Therapy workshops worldwide and have begun facilitating Words for Wellbeing as well as more general writing workshops. I am a member of Lapidus, the Society of Authors, and a Fellow of the Association for Dance Movement Therapy, UK. I am also an honorary member of both the Polish and Ukranian Dance Movement Therapy Associations.
Instagram: @bonniemeekums
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bonnie-Meekums-PhD-Author-447854116059081/
Substack: https://bonniemeekums.substack.com/
Blog about becoming an older woman: http://mamabonnie.wordpress.com
my inspirationWhy crossing boundaries?
I crossed classes, when I went to university as an 18-year-old. As a working-class girl in 1950s London, my dad made up bedtime stories for my sister and me, described in my creative non-fiction The Story Hunter (Dear Damsels, 2019)
I crossed genres. Having been an academic for many years, producing professional and academic publications, my creative writing really took off around 2019. I crossed geographical boundaries. I migrated in 1980 from South to North England. I have family living overseas, and am a regular visitor to Aotearoa / New Zealand. |
links to my writingDance Movement Therapy / Arts Therapies
My first book, about therapy for women survivors of child sexual abuse, can be bought here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Group-Therapy-Survivors-Sexual-ebook/dp/B0033PRP66/
The second book, about my approach to Dance Movement Therapy, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dance-Movement-Therapy-Psychotherapeutic-Therapies-ebook/dp/B012D56BWU/ See also 'Academic publications' page this site. |
links to my writingFiction and creative non-fiction
Joint memoir with Jackie Hales Remnants of War: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XY898VL?ref_=pe_3052080_397670860
Debut novel A Kind of Family: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZHZKY1Q Novel Aggie's War: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aggies-War-Bonnie-Meekums-ebook/dp/B0FBRC98BW/ My book of poems, This Body Will Not Be Silenced: https://www.amazon.co.uk/THIS-BODY-WILL-NOT-SILENCED/dp/B0DLK9NPWC/ See also the 'Creative writing publications' and 'free reads' pages on this site. |
