Messages of support
The poems in Always A Hero will make you smile, make you think and one goes to the heart of the appeal. Enjoy the book, and be aware you are helping to build something very special.
Stewart White, BBC Look East presenter
I hope you enjoy Elaine’s book of poetry (Always a Hero) – not only is it for a great cause but it’s good fun as well… I’m sure she’s been peeping inside my handbag! (see “My Mum’s Handbag”); and her poem for Sean left me with a lump in my throat…
Lesley Dolphin, BBC Radio Suffolk presenter
It is appropriate that the proceeds from the sale of Shining Like Stars, featuring poetry for children alongside poetry for Christians, should go to benefit Tearfund’s ‘Work a Miracle’ campaign which so importantly brings the work of preventing HIV in children to the attention of the church. Her writing captures the human faces and consequences of suffering. It is these faces that God sees alongside our own. If this is how God sees, so should we see likewise.
The Revd David Peck, Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury for International Development
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Elaine is a poet and children's author based in Suffolk, UK.