"Writing Your Self" is the ideal resource if you want to explore personal material in your writing" Writing Magazine

"The interconnectedness of the subjects and the reoccurence of the same writers in different chapters gives a cohesiveness to what might have seemed a rather atomistic approach to literary material. The inclusion of a brief but pertinent bibliography by chapter will be helpful for anyone teaching or leading groups in any kind of personal writing. ... Writing Your Self will be a useful reference for teachers and facilitators and I highly recommend it." Victoria Field, Writing in Education

'This is an inspirational book, one to add to your toolkit if you are involved in anyway with creative words for health and wellbeing.'

Lapidus Journal

Writing your Self is a beautifully constructed, compelling handbook of ways to navigate the great challenges of life (loss, illness, despair) and an effective workbook that demonstrates the processes by which personal or therapeutic writing can form the basis of successful poetry, fiction or memoir.

The North

'I would like to say what an amazing resource Writing Your Self is - so rich, so varied, so well researched and referenced. The examples are powerful and well-chosen. The book as a whole is authoritative, compassionate and utterly convincing . New writers (and not-so-new writers) will have a sense of being taken by the hand and guided by wise friends.'- Dr Maggie Butt, Middlesex University, UK

"The connection the arts have with suffering brings into question nothing less than their relevance to the human condition itself. The field of writing in and out of distress has developed exponentially, in the UK, over the last twenty years, and so has its bookshelf. But there's always more to be said on this important topic, and Killick and Schneider's approach, which is primarily personal, will doubtless appeal to many." - Fiona Sampson, Poet and Editor of Poetry Review