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I've Shown You Mine, Now Show Me Yours, Part V.

The open call to Show Me Your Writing Desk in all its raw, unedited glory, has revealed some wonderfully contrasting examples of the writing rooms of working authors. After the layered chaos of the boys featured in Part IV, it's time to share the colorful desks of writers Tara Bradford, Emma Tom and Sophie Ward, each an adventuress is her own right...

Left: The desk of writer, photographer and activist Tara Bradford. Her beautiful cabinet d' curiositie is a Napoleon III bookcase, which belonged to a professor at the Sorbonne. The red bookcase is from Sante Fe, New Mexico. Her desk features an 'Arts & Crafts clock, Art Nouveau frame featuring a photo of an unknown French soldier, two Napoleon III globes, a 19th-century wooden sewing basket holding stationary, and several 18th-century books.' More at her blog.

Middle: The desk of Emma Tom, award-winning journalist, author, broadcaster and regular columnist for The Australian. The walls of her office are painted a 'womb-like' red, and her desk area features flowers, highlighter pens, and a bulletin board bursting with images and inspiration. On her desk sits an 'industrial sized cup of coffee ready to kickstart the day', while her screensaver displays Word Of The Day, 'exude'. (A screensaver I also run.) Her latest book is Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hormones.

Right: The desk of writer and model Sophie Ward, which doubles as HQ for her Paper Castle Press. Contained in a small room in Brooklyn, Sophie's desk boasts all manner of inspiration, including some Henry Miller, Maurice Sendak, old watercolour postcards, letters from fans, an origami horse, coaster, envelopes, books, journals, her own 'I love trees' collage, and what she calls 'remnants of my life'. She describes her writing space as 'Sparse but colorful.' Her novel, The Beginning of an Inexplicable Journey, will be released this year.

Quid pro quo. We've shown you ours, now show us yours, and I'll continue to post the best on The Book Post....

Happy reading,
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