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A friendly reminder before December
First and foremost, please stay safe, everyone! Shops will be busier and busier as Christmas approaches, so try to shop when it’s quieter...

Bea Konyves
Nov 29, 20211 min read


First Christmas shopping session
It’s very cold outside and the Spirit of Christmas is growing stronger and stronger. We won’t be going home for Christmas, so we have to...

Bea Konyves
Nov 28, 20211 min read


Christmas reading
I decided to take a break from Rachel Cusk’s ‘Kudos’ today. The book is very uneventful, which I believe was the whole point of it. It’s...

Bea Konyves
Nov 27, 20211 min read


Play Cafe - Spaces for Youth & More
I came home early from uni today to join another online conversation between the youth of Baia Mare, youth workers, and even...

Bea Konyves
Nov 26, 20211 min read


A book I read really quick
I started this book on the train to Brighton on Saturday and finished it on Sunday. It’s a short book and the style is very similar to my...

Bea Konyves
Nov 25, 20211 min read


When books mirror real life
In Rachel Cusk’s ‘Kudos’, the narrator is on a plane and then at a book festival. Today I was on the DLR and then at a Business Expo. The...

Bea Konyves
Nov 24, 20211 min read


A bit of work on my novel
I have to submit a 1000 word synopsis of my novel by Friday. I wrote the first draft and asked for feedback - I love receiving feedback,...

Bea Konyves
Nov 23, 20211 min read


This writer is getting published!
I have so much work to get done, but I can’t continue anything until I write this. A few weeks ago I submitted two short stories for the...

Bea Konyves
Nov 22, 20211 min read


After a long and fun day
I took this pic on the train home from Brighton. It was a long and fun day. We walked a lot, we explored a lot, and then we danced a lot...

Bea Konyves
Nov 21, 20211 min read


Brighton - music & the sea
We are going to a concert in Brighton today. The Big Push. So we came here a little earlier to explore. Many seagulls, lovely sea. I...

Bea Konyves
Nov 20, 20211 min read


When you read on the bus and...
...the book simply breaks your heart and you just wanna scream. But you’re in a bus full of people, so you just feel your stomach...

Bea Konyves
Nov 19, 20211 min read


Some days you just work and work...
And those days are amazing! I love it when I start a day feeling overwhelmed with everything I have to do (it’s a Thursday, of course,...

Bea Konyves
Nov 18, 20211 min read


Digital youth work and digital multitasking
After a couple of very good face to face meetings today, I had to rush home to join an online conversation on digital youth work, and...

Bea Konyves
Nov 17, 20211 min read


Personal Statement ✔
I did it! I wrote my personal statement for the MA Applied Anthropology, Youth & Community Work at Goldsmiths University. I’ve been...

Bea Konyves
Nov 16, 20211 min read


It is officially the Christmas Season! (in Romania)
Today is the first of the Nativity Fast in Romania, which means that I am officially allowed to listen to Christmas music. And this year...

Bea Konyves
Nov 15, 20211 min read


From Joyce to 2021
I chose Joyce’s ‘Portrait...’ and Amber Medlands ‘Wild Pets’ (published in 2021) as my two novels about youth for the first chapter of my...

Bea Konyves
Nov 14, 20211 min read


Books are my personal charger
I read on public transport, I read when I finish work, I read whenever I have a bit of spare time. I do other things too, but reading is...

Bea Konyves
Nov 13, 20211 min read


Orange is where I get inspiration from
Autumn is my time of inspiration. As the leaves start matching my hair, the Writer awakens and starts turning ideas into worlds in which...

Bea Konyves
Nov 12, 20211 min read


Some people dislike Mondays
Some people dislike Mondays. I sometimes dislike them too, but I usually don’t mind them. I’m well-rested and ready to work. However, I’m...

Bea Konyves
Nov 11, 20211 min read


True Crime & Victorian London
Many, many years ago, around the same time when I started watching crime documentaries on TV (when I was still watching TV), I became...

Bea Konyves
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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