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23 Oct 12

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“On the Saltmarsh”
Smokestack;
 
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Ruth Valentine’s latest collection is On the Saltmarsh (Smokestack, 2012).
 
Ruth has also published a history of Horton Hospital (Asylum, Hospital, Haven, Riverside Mental Health Trust, 1996), and two books on welfare issues for schools. Her prose piece, Stalking the Tiger, based on her research at Horton, is included in Iain Sinclair’s London, City of Disappearances (Hamish Hamilton 2006). She lives in Tottenham, North London.