This piece is about the passing of my mother. I wrote it very quickly, with few changes. The story flowed out as if it were always waiting to be told.

I write short stories and poetry and am working on a novel-length manuscript. In 2016 my collection of short stories, ‘Like Trees’, was published by Pomonal Publishing.

You can purchase Annie’s book, ‘Like Trees’,  here.

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Memoria is written, produced, edited and presented by Nat V.

Annie Drum’s short story, Tattooed Mother, is performed by Jen Farrow.

Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions, “Masonry” and “Sage The Hunter”.

Illustrations by Peta Manning. Her book, See Me Doodle, is out now.

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